Source: ACI World Involvement at the local level needed for optimal implementation of framework Airports Council International (ACI) World, the global voice of airports, reiterates the significance of the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines (WASG) in providing global guidance to effectively manage scarce airport capacity. While recognizing the important role of the guidelines, ACI World emphasizes the need for local-level involvement to ensure optimal utilization of resources and seamless operations. The WASG, developed collaboratively by airports, airlines, and slot coordinators through the Worldwide Airport Slot Board (WASB), provides a framework for allocating limited airport capacity among airlines and ensuring that capacity allocated is indeed used by airlines through the Use-It-Or-Lose-It Rule and tight slot performance monitoring. ACI World highlights the critical [...]

Source: ACI-Europe Demand remains bullish – despite airlines setting fares more than 6 times higher than consumer inflation rate The air traffic report for April 2023 released today by European airport trade body ACI EUROPE shows passenger traffic made further gains towards a full recovery, but with wide performance divergence across the continent. Passenger traffic in the European airport network grew by +21.1% in April compared to the same month last year. Considering that travel restrictions had largely been eased in Europe by that time last year, such increase is significant. As a result, when compared to pre-pandemic (April 2019) levels, volumes in April this year stood at -7.6% - a further improvement over the preceding months (Q1 was at -10.6%). Olivier Jankovec, Director General of [...]

Source: UK CAA The UK Civil Aviation Authority has opened a consultation on proposals from Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL) to extend its set of ‘Commitments’ by a period of four years. The UK aviation and aerospace regulator is now seeking views from the industry on the proposals, which form the basis of the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s regulation of Gatwick Airport Limited. Gatwick Airport Limited operates under a set of ‘Commitments’, a legally binding contractual undertaking between GAL and its airline customers, which was last put in place on 1 April 2021 and runs until 31 March 2025. This is underpinned by an economic licence granted by the UK Civil Aviation Authority under the Civil Aviation Act 2012. GAL has proposed [...]