All S24 SAL’s have been issued. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
News Category: Coordination
S24 SHLs for ACL Airports
12/09/23All S24 SHLs for ACL airports have now been distributed. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
UK Airspace Disruption
29/08/23ACL will provide alleviation for all slot cancellations on 28th and 29th August due to the UK Airspace disruption.
M.6447 IAG/bmi – Launch of the IATA Summer 2024 Slot Release Procedure
10/08/23Case M.6447 IAG/bmi – Slot Release Procedure for Summer 2024
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 2024 Season, a maximum of seven (7) daily slots are available each day of the week (49 slot pairs in total). There will be up to two (2) daily slots available in the morning, up to four (4) daily slots available in the afternoon and up to four (4) daily slots available in the evening time bands. 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 2023
ACL Guidance on the Treatment of Cancellations due to Bad Weather
14/07/23ACL has issued guidance on the treatment of cancellations due to bad weather. It can be read here.
Atlantic Joint Business Agreement – Slot Release Procedure IATA Summer 2024 Season
20/06/23W23 SAL Distribution
05/06/23All W23 SAL’s have been issued. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.
Cayman Islands Airport Authority renews contract with World’s leading airport coordinator
10/05/23Airport Coordination Limited enters three-year contract providing schedules facilitation services at Owen Roberts International Airport after competitive tender process.
ACL is delighted to announce that it will continue providing schedules facilitation services at Owen Roberts International Airport, Cayman Islands. The new, three-year contract will run from May 2023, continuing ACL’s role to seek best use of airport capacity and support the airport’s growth following major development works across the last decade.
Owen Roberts International Airport handled 1.4 million passengers and 10.5k aircraft movements in 2019. The airport has experienced a strong recovery from its key US and Canadian markets during 2022 and in the W22/S23 seasons has a route network of 30 international destinations provided by 10 airlines.
Chief Airport Operations Officer at Cayman Islands Airports Authority, Wayne DaCosta, said ‘I am delighted that ACL is the successful bidder for the Level 2 Coordination service at Owen Roberts International Airport here in the Cayman Islands. We at CIAA look forward to three more years of great service!’
Chief Executive Officer at ACL, Neil Garwood, said ‘We are so happy that CIAA has selected us to continue in the important role as schedules facilitator at Owen Roberts International Airport. This is a crucial function at any airport where demand is high, and our proven global expertise helps airports make best use of their capacity. This new contract recognises the strength of the partnership and the confidence in the team here at ACL to deliver great service time and time again. We look forward to supporting Owen Roberts International Airport and CIAA for many more years to come.’
About ACL
ACL is the world’s first independent airport slot coordinator. It is headquartered in Staines, Middlesex, near London Heathrow Airport, providing world-leading coordination, schedules facilitation, and data collection services at 72 airports across four continents from offices in the UK, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates. Owen Roberts International Airport is one of two North American airports to be supported by ACL, enhancing the company’s global position as the world’s largest independent coordinator.
For more information visit www.acl-uk.org
Media Contact
Denise Wakeford, Airport Coordination Limited
Tel: 020 8564 0606
Email: denise.wakeford@acl-international.com
Stepping into Summer: ACL’s Summer 23 Outlook
24/04/23The sun is shining, leaves are on the trees and new life is sprouting everywhere. Spring is finally here and for Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) that means the Summer season is now in swing. So what does ACL’s data show us about how airlines are gearing up for their busiest time of year?
Recovery continues to be at the forefront of the industries minds and the Secretary of State for Transport appears to be in agreement. The government issued guidance on Summer 2023 acknowledges the pandemic continues to impact air traffic and that the road to recovery is ongoing.
ACL’s position as the UK’s designated slot coordinator provides unique insight into UK Level 3 airports, and the impact of the alleviation offered for the Summer 2023 season. Airlines had the opportunity to gain alleviation on up to 5% of their historic slots, which were cancelled between the hand-back deadline (HBD – 01 February 2023) and 14 February 2023 (HBD+14).
Across the UK Level 3 network, London Heathrow Airport saw the smallest reduction in slots between initial coordination (SAL – 03 November 2023) and the time of the HBD, with a slots hand-back rate of 0.71%. In contrast, Birmingham Airport saw the greatest rate of hand-backs, observed at 14.05%. This was also the case between SAL and HBD +14 (-4.73% & -16.73% respectively). Overall ACL observed a hand back rate of just under 5% at the time of the HBD, increasing to 7.5% at HBD +14.
During the 14 days period after hand backs, London Stanstead Airport surprisingly saw minor growth in the airport schedule with ITA Airways adding over 1,300 slots and Jet2 a further 250 more than offsetting any reduction. London Gatwick saw the greatest reduction in slots (3.96%) with easyJet making up more than half of this reduction.
In general we didn’t see carriers taking up their full 5% allowance between HBD and HBD+14, only 2.86% was taken on average across Level 3 airports. Looking back at the similar process for Winter 22/23 season where carriers could hand back 10% of slots for 7 days after HBD they handed back around 8%. Read into this what you will, however this could be read as a sign that airlines are ready to operate more in S23 and start to get back to S19 levels.
W23 SHLs for ACL Airports
17/04/23All W23 SHLs for ACL airports have now been distributed. Please contact the coordinator if you have not received the message for a particular airport.