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Slot Allocation at EU Airports (Regulation)
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Increasing the slot utilisation rate to 85% enhances the efficiency of airport infrastructure use, because it means that as a rule only a maximum capacity of 15% remains unutilised. The increase in the number of slots which is necessary in order to maintain priority for a series of slots in the next corresponding season facilitates airport access for new entrants but has a negative effect on the planning certainty of air carriers and reduces their flexibility.