Traduction de «Mécanisme d'attribution de créneaux » (Français → Anglais) :

23. Notes, however, that recourse to market-based mechanisms, such as slot allocation in order to make better use of existing airport capacity, would not address infrastructure shortages, as such a mechanism would not create a single additional slot; believes, furthermore, that coherence between airport slots and ATFM slots has very limited benefits and will not solve the capacity problem;

21. Requests the Commission to ensure the full implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports and to provide more guidance and clarification as regards the text; particularly insists on the need to ensure better coordination of, and matching between, the allocation of slots by Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) and the allocation of airport slots, more effective slot coordination committees and greater coordination of departures and arrivals, and additionally insists on the need to harmonise definitions, tolerances and the way airport and ATFM slots are awarded;

The process of slot allocation has been improved through a number of new or modified provisions, such as a new definition of what constitutes a series of slots, further strengthening of the use-it-or-lose-it provisions, the possibility for air carriers to re-time slots before allocation to optimise schedules, and more leeway for Member States to introduce local rules and guidelines at congested airports to improve the efficient use of scarce capacity.

Airport slot capacity available for allocation is determined twice yearly by the competent authorities, according to the two programming 'seasons' (winter and summer) in place in international aviation.

By introducing more regulation, the proposal thus heavily affects the competitive stance of airlines both within the Union and on global networks, , but stops short of fully opening the competition for airport slots to market mechanisms that could best solve the problem.

The general principle regarding slot allocation is that an air carrier having operated its particular slots for at least 80 % during the summer/winter scheduling period is entitled to the same slots in the equivalent scheduling period of the following year (so called grandfather rights).