Airlines
Virus Outbreak Prompts Relaxation of '80/20' Slot Rule
According to IATA, the coronavirus situation calls for a justified non-use of slots and airlines should not lose their grandfather rights.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging regulators and slot coordinators to recognize the Covid-19 outbreak as an exceptional circumstance and put in place measures to ensure airlines do not lose their historic slots for services to and from China. Not allowing for an alleviation of the 80/20 “use it or lose it” rule—requiring air carriers to operate the slots for at least 80 percent of the time in a series of five weeks to keep the entitlement in the next equivalent season—would hinder a quick recovery of air traffic when the epidemic subsides, the global airline trade body cautioned.


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