SLOT REFORM
July 1st, 2001
BY DEIRDRE MASONA TOUGHER new attitude to take-off and landing slots at European Union airports is on the way, under a new proposed Regulation from the European Commission that was issued in June this year.Airlines will no longer be able to regard their slots as a property right but rather, as permission to use airport facilities. Cherished 'grandfather' rights to certain slots will not be abolished, but aircraft carriers must demonstrate that they are using these slots efficiently, "a toughening up of the present 'use-it-or-lose-it' principle in the existing ...
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