Landing slot
A landing slot, takeoff slot, or airport slot is a right granted by an airport owner which allows the slot holder to schedule a landing or departure during a specific time period.
Landing slots are allocated in accordance with guidelines set down by the IATA's Worldwide Airport Slots Group. All airports worldwide are categorized as either Level 1 (Non-Coordinated Airport), Level 2 (Schedules Facilitated Airport), or Level 3 (Coordinated Airport).
Allocated landing slots may have a commercial value and can be traded between airlines. Continental Airlines paid $209 million for four pairs of landing slots from GB Airways at London Heathrow Airport.
If an airline doesn't use an allocation of slots (typically 80% usage over six months) then it can lose the rights. Airlines may operate ghost or empty flights to preserve slot allocations.[1]
Level 3 Coordinated Airports
Australia
- Adelaide Airport
- Brisbane Airport
- Cairns Airport
- Darwin International Airport
- Gold Coast Airport
- Melbourne Airport
- Perth Airport
- Sydney Airport
Austria
Bangladesh
Belgium
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Mainland China
- Beijing Capital International Airport
- Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
- Berlin Schönefeld Airport
- Berlin Tegel Airport
- Düsseldorf International Airport
- Frankfurt Airport
- Munich Airport
- Stuttgart Airport
Ghana
Iceland
India
- Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport - Mumbai
- Indira Gandhi International Airport - Delhi
- Bengaluru International Airport - Bangalore
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - Hyderabad
- Chennai International Airport - Chennai
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport - Kolkata
Indonesia
- Denpasar International Airport
- Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Jakarta
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
- Cagliari Airport
- Catania Airport
- Peretola Airport
- Linate Airport - Milan
- Malpensa Airport - Milan
- Orio al Serio Airport - Milan
- Naples International Airport
- Palermo International Airport
- Ciampino Airport - Rome
- Fiumicino Airport - Rome
- Turin International Airport
- Venice Marco Polo Airport
Japan
Serbia/Kosovo
Malaysia
Mauritius
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Philippines
Portugal
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
- Cape Town International Airport
- King Shaka International Airport - Durban
- OR Tambo International Airport - Johannesburg
South Korea
Spain
- Alicante Airport
- Barcelona Airport
- Bilbao Airport
- Fuerteventura Airport
- Gran Canaria Airport
- Lanzarote Airport
- Madrid Barajas Airport
- Málaga Airport
- Palma de Mallorca Airport
- Tenerife North Airport
- Tenerife South Airport
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
- Suvarnabhumi International Airport - Bangkok
- Don Mueang International Airport - Bangkok
- Phuket International Airport
Turkey
- Istanbul Ataturk International Airport
- Antalya Airport - Antalya
- Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
- Dalaman International Airport
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- London Gatwick Airport
- London Heathrow Airport
- London Stansted Airport
- Manchester Airport
- London Luton Airport (as of Summer 2013)
United States
- John F. Kennedy International Airport - New York City
- Newark Liberty International Airport - Newark, New Jersey
No Level 3 designation, but nevertheless slot controlled:
- LaGuardia Airport - New York City
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - Washington, D.C.
Vietnam
Notes and references
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