Do you know how many planes take off and land every day, within an hour? This is the question we ask you at the beginning of this video.
In a Airport like that of Monacoin the heart of Europe, are recorded among the 900 and 1000 Decollas and landing every hourin peak moments even One every 45 seconds. It is an impressive number and in fact the airports of the major European and world cities are largely congested.
But to manage so many arrivals and departures, without creating delays and risk situations, the Airport slotor temporal windows of 15 minutesthat the plane has available to prepare and be ready to leave for the scheduled time. In this way, a congested airport can manage deceptions and landings safely and efficiently.
Airport slots: how they assign themselves and how much they cost
But the next question that can naturally arise is: how yes assign These slots?
You must know that every company, seasonally presents a program of all the slots that would like to operate on a specific body: the Slot coordinator. Each country has its own coordinator, which manages the assignment of the slots based on the requests received, following a clear process, without promoting a company rather than another.
You will therefore understand that the slots they are not paid. Still, they have a enormous value. In fact, a comfortable flight, from a central airport, is worth more: the demand for passengers is higher and the company I collect more. So, once obtained, that slot becomes very precious and if a company does not use it, it is right that it goes to someone else.
In the video, we explain to you what are the main rules that command this type of assignment. For example, there is the rule ofUse it or lose itso a company must use the slot for at least the80 percent Sometimes, actually making a plane fly, and not leaving that empty temporal slot. If the company does not fly 80 percent of the time, the company loses the slot, which is reassured.
The role of airports: coordinate a lot of staff
In all this system, the airportswhich must be able to manage all these departures and arrivals on a practical level.
This is the coordination of a lot of staff: the control management, from the safetyof the gate, of movement of passengers From the airport to the aircraft, the loading and unloading of the suitcases.
In the video, we also deal with this fundamental aspect.
