ACI World Responds to IATA’s White Paper on Slot Regulation and Airport Capacity
Source: ACI World Meeting future capacity demand requires collaboration among all aviation stakeholders Airports Council International (ACI) World acknowledges the growing challenge of meeting air traffic demand. Airports worldwide, supported by ACI, are working diligently to both increase the capacity of existing infrastructure and develop new facilities, which are essential components of addressing this challenge. Airports naturally are incentivized to meet market demands by improving efficiency and accommodating growing passenger numbers and have been making significant investments over the last years to do so. However, to accommodate the projected growth in air traffic, all aviation stakeholders must contribute and work collaboratively. Optimizing airport capacity utilization, including through slot policy, is a multifaceted challenge that cannot be solved by airports alone. The [...]