UK imposes slot usage rules of 70:30 for Summer 2022

The UK Government has laid regulations before Parliament which will extend the airport slots rules alleviation for the upcoming summer season, which will require airlines to use 70% of their slots in order to keep them, but will also benefit from added flexibility over when they are justified not to use them, for example where a market is substantively closed. If this alleviation wasn’t provided, the usage threshold would default back to 80:20 with no additional flexibility on justified non-use, increasing the risk of ghost flights. The list of situations where airlines can claim justification for not using their slots