ACL issued Easyjet Europe a Notice of Final Decision on 27 September 2022 for one operation without a slot during Summer 2022 at London Gatwick airport. Please see here.
Country: UK
BA Sanction September 2022
04/10/22ACL issued British Airways a Notice of Final Decision on 20 September 2022 for two operations without a slot during Summer 2022 at London Heathrow airport. Please see here.
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.
EasyJet Sanction August 2022
05/09/22ACL issued EasyJet a Notice of Final Decision on 22 August 2022 for two operations without a slot during Summer 2022 at London Gatwick airport. Please see here.
IAG/bmi: Summer 2023 Remedy Slot Application Process
15/08/22Case M.6447 IAG/bmi – Slot Release Procedure for Summer 2023
In March 2012, the European Commission (EC) granted regulatory clearance to the acquisition by International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) of British Midland Limited (bmi), subject to the Commitments entered into by IAG to release London Heathrow (LHR) slot pairs on selected short-haul and long-haul city pairs.
In order to resolve the competition concerns raised by the EC, IAG was obliged to make a number of daily landing and take-off slots available at LHR.
For the IATA Summer 2023 Season, three (3) slot pairs will be available for each day of the week. In addition, there will be four (4) slots pairs available on Saturday only and two (2) slot pairs available on Sunday only (27 slot pairs in total). These slot pairs may be used for operations on LHR-Aberdeen, LHR-Edinburgh, LHR-Nice, LHR-Cairo and LHR-Riyadh only.
Please see the link for further details on the process that must be followed by airlines wishing to apply for these slots.
Published: August 2022
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29/07/22On the look out for a new role?
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Airport Coordination Limited is seeking a Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs to join the company’s leadership team, acting as chief legal advisor and representative, and leading our engagement with government and regulatory bodies.
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Department for Transport lays new SI providing alleviation for Winter 2022
26/07/22The Department for Transport has laid a new Statutory Instrument (SI) in Parliament to provide alleviation for the Winter 2022 season. The full text is available here. This SI provides a utilisation rate of 70% with a pre-season hand-back option for up to 10% of slots held. This new SI retains and widens the justified non-use provisions. ACL will issue guidance shortly.
ACL updates its guidance on use of Local Rule 4 at London Heathrow
21/07/22ACL today updated its guidance on the use of local rule 4 at London Heathrow to confirm the basis on which alleviation will be provided for cancellations made in order to comply with the capacity reductions mandated under NOTAMs issued during the Summer 2022 season.
BA Sanction June 2022
05/07/22ACL issued British Airways a Notice of Final Decision on 20 June 2022 for one operation without a slot during Summer 2022 at London Heathrow airport. Please see here.
Manchester Airport Temporary Movement Limit
27/06/22Please see the below note from Manchester Airport regarding a temporary movement limit for S22.
Following the DfT’s decision on 21st June to implement slot alleviation measures for the remainder of the Summer 2022 season, we (Manchester Airport) have been giving urgent consideration to the need for additional measures to control the reallocation of slots that are handed-back as part of this process.
The purpose of this email is to inform you that, effective from 25th June, Manchester Airport will be implementing temporary movement limits to prevent the reallocation of slots that are released back to ACL. The commencement of the temporary limits aligns with the start of the DfT’s 14-day slot hand-back window from 25th June to 8th July. The goal of this temporary limit is to support the use of the DfT slot handback process to depressure current airport operations, and to minimise any further changes to operational planning during this volatile period
For the rest of the season, or until this limit is reviewed, new slot requests will be tested against an all-day total movement limit of 475atms/day. This movement rate is equivalent to the number of daily movements currently operating a Manchester (w/c 20th June). For purposes of clarity, all slots already allocated above this limit will be honoured, and this movement limit does not apply to GA, freight or positioning movements.
To be clear, the temporary limits will still enable airlines to operate slots that have already been allocated for the summer season. However, it will not be possible for ACL to reallocate slots that are handed-back, or any new slots, above this temporary limit for as long as it remains in place.
We propose to review this temporary limit following the closure of the hand-back window on 8th July, taking account of airline’s responses to the DfT’s slot alleviation measures.
We will also continue to review the need for further measures, including a local rule to reduce overall capacity levels, over the coming weeks based on discussions with airlines and ground handlers through the Airport Partner Working Group (MAN-APWG).
I hope you will appreciate the need to introduce these measures at short notice given the announcement from the DfT earlier this week. Please contact Andy Clark (andy.clark@acl-uk.org) if you have any questions.