The EU has pledged to ease the burden on airlines owing to the coronavirus by temporarily suspending their airport slot usage obligations under the so-called “use it or lost it” rule.
Carriers risk losing slots if they do not operate 80% of scheduled flights under normal circumstances, and have in the past operated “ghost flights” to circumvent the issue.
Several UK airlines, including Virgin Atlantic, have called on regulators to suspend the rules, which prompted a formal appeal by transport secretary Grant Shapps to UK’s independent slot coordinator Airport Coordination Limited.
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