All S24 SAL’s have been issued. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
Country: New Zealand
S23 SHLs for ACL Airports
12/09/22All S23 SHLs for ACL airports have now been distributed. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
W22 SAL distribution
10/06/22UPDATE 16th June:
All W22 SAL’s have now been issued, including Heathrow which was sent on 16 June 2022.
All W22 SAL’s with the exception of London Heathrow have been issued. Due to a legal challenge involving slots at London Heathrow, we have had to delay the issuance of all SALs at London Heathrow pending legal advice. We will provide a further update no later than Friday 17th June, if the SAL’s have not been distributed by then.
For all our other airports please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
W22 SHLs Distributed
25/04/22All W22 SHLs for ACL airports have now been distributed. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
S22 SALs for ACL Airports
05/11/21All S22 SALs for ACL airports have now been distributed. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
W21 SALs for ACL Airports
04/06/21All W21 SALs for ACL airports have now been distributed. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
ACL announce new CEO
12/01/21Airport Coordination Limited would like to inform you that, following a thorough search and rigorous selection process, the Board of Airport Coordination Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Garwood as our new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Neil was formerly Managing Director of Southampton Airport, where he had been for ten years, having risen through the ranks after initially joining them as Terminal Operations Manager in 2010.
Neil will succeed Airport Coordination Limited’s departing CEO, Edmond Rose, who is moving on from his role at the end of February. The ACL Board thank Edmond for his outstanding contributions and leadership throughout his time with us and especially through the challenges of this last year.
The Chair of ACL, Lesley Cowley said “I am delighted to welcome Neil to ACL. Whilst our current CEO will be much missed, we are confident that Neil’s experience, drive and values make him an ideal successor to lead ACL as we emerge from the pandemic”.
The new CEO, Neil Garwood said “I am excited to be joining the world’s leading independent airport coordination organisation at a time of seismic change in the industry and very much look forward to continuing to deliver on ACL’s ambition of world class coordination excellence for our customers and stakeholders”.
Northern Summer 2021 (NS21) WASB Slot Waiver Announcement
27/11/20The Worldwide Airport Slot Board (WASB) issued its recommendation for airport slot alleviation measures covering the Northern Summer 2021 scheduling season. The following provides some initial guidance to give clarity on its application at airports coordinated by ACL to avoid unintended consequences should airlines apply the WASB recommendation immediately.
VALIDITY
The WASB announcement is a recommendation. For a waiver to be applied, the Regulatory or competent authority needs to adopt this recommendation or issue an alternative waiver. Across all ACL airports this has not yet occurred so currently NO waiver for Northern Summer 2021 is being applied.
When the position changes, ACL will update its guidance.
CANCELLATIONS IN ADVANCE OF A WAIVER
Any cancellation made prior to a waiver being issued may impact on your ability to retain the historic slot. For example, a full season slot returned before alleviation has been granted will be returned to the slot pool and reallocated based on the waitlist at that time.
FURTHER GUIDANCE
Once ACL is aware of the detail of any formal waivers, it will review and where necessary provide further guidance. The current guidance on alleviation can be found here.
S21 SALs for ACL Airports
06/11/20All s21 SALs for ACL airports have now been distributed. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
Northern Winter 2020 – HBD Guidance for Airlines
26/08/20As Covid-19 continues to impact the aviation sector, there remains a great deal of uncertainty surrounding waivers from the utilisation target. This may lead to unintended consequences if returning slots without first considering if a waiver is in place. The following provides details of the current situation at ACL airports as at 26 August 2020.
Historic Baseline Date (HBD)
The HBD remains 31 August 2020 and ACL will create the results table which determines the utilisation target for each slot during NW20 on or shortly after that date.
Waivers as at 26 August 2020
Waivers are currently in place for ACL airports in New Zealand and Dubai covering the entire NW20 season. Alleviation will be granted subject to certain conditions which are detailed here. This document will be amended as information changes.
A waiver is not currently in place for any of ACL EU & UK airports so cancellations made will be treated as per the EU Slot Regulation as would be the case in any other season. Carriers are encouraged to consider the below information when determining when to make cancellations at these airports.
Cancellation before the HBD
Carriers wishing to benefit from the 20% cancellation allowed before the HBD should continue to make these changes as normal. The cancellations will be included in the calculation of the utilisation targets. Details of how ACL determine historics can be found at the following links:
Other (Northern Hemisphere) ACL Airports
Additional Information for Dubai International Airport
Cancellations more than the permitted 20% may result in the returned slots being made available to other carriers which may impact on your ability to retain the historic. For examples full season cancellations made at this time will be returned to the slot pool and reallocated.
Cancellation after the HBD
Airports with a waiver (New Zealand & Dubai)
At airports where a waiver is in place, alleviation will be granted to cancellations made after HBD subject to any conditions in place. Cancellations meeting the conditions will be counted as operated against the utilisation target.
Airports without a waiver (ACL EU & UK Airports)
Any cancellation made after the HBD but prior to a waiver being issued may not count towards the utilisation target and may impact on your ability to retain the historic slot. For example, a full season slot returned after the HBD but before any alleviation has been granted will be returned to the slot pool and reallocated.
Carriers will need to make their own assessment on the timing and likelihood of a waiver and determine their hand back strategy accordingly.
If alleviation is granted, cancellations made after the waiver announcement will be treated as operated subject to any conditions in place.
Newly Allocated Slots
ACL issues all newly allocated slots on a non-historic basis. ACL will consider newly allocated slots should they operate in line with 8.7.1(d) of the WASG. ACL has prepared Guidance on how newly allocated slots will be treated which can be found here.
Carriers not intending to operate newly allocated slots are requested to return these as soon as possible.