Airlines to Get Extended EU Relief on Use of Airport Slots
- Carriers must use minimum 25% of airport positions this summer
- Pandemic-induced waiver of 80% threshold lapses next month
Aircraft at Schoenefeld airport in Berlin.
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The European Union prolonged pandemic-induced regulatory relief for airlines, only partially reimposing a requirement that they use their airport slots when a 12-month waiver ends next month.
The bloc will make airlines take up at least 25% of their takeoff and landing positions during the summer season or risk losing them the following year, down from a normal 80% level. The new regime will run from March 28 through October, according to legislation approved Thursday.