The European Commission has reached a decision on the extension of the temporary waiver to the 80:20 use-it-or-lose-it rule for airline slots. The Commission has now launched a public consultation on its proposals, which can be found and responded to here, ahead of the measures being adopted in October 2020.
To help airlines cope with lower demand due to COVID-19, the EU introduced a temporary waiver of the standard ‘use it or lose it’ rule for airline slots (i.e. use at least 80% of your allocated slots, or lose the rights to them).
Air traffic is resuming slowly, but is still expected to be down by 15-25% in February 2021 (compared to February 2020).
This initiative considers extending the waiver and addressing some practices that could affect competition....more
