1. Airport Slot Coordination & its Role in the CDM Process

2. Introduction to Airport Slot Coordination

3. According to the IATA Worldwide Slot Guidelines, there are 3 airport levels in terms of airport infrastructure & resource capacity versus the demand :
Level 1 – Capacity handles the demand. Airlines notify the airport of planned operations
Level 2 – Demand greater than capacity at some peak times. A facilitator manages the airline operation times through voluntary schedule adjustments
Level 3 – Demand significantly exceeds the capacity of the airport. All airline must operate with an agreed and allocated slot. A coordinator is appointed
to manage the available capacity through allocating airport slots
Airport slot coordination is a mechanism developed by IATA for managing the capacity of limited airport resources against the ever-increasing demand of air traffic. It involves the allocation of slots to operators as a means to manage available capacity

4. What is an Airport Slot?
Permission given by a coordinator to use the full range of airport infrastructure necessary to operate an aircraft at a coordinated airport on a specific date and time for the purpose of landing and taking off.
This time is indicated as the Estimated Off Block or Estimated On Block time of the aircraft

5. Airport Slot Coordination – South Africa
DoT
ATFM
Airport Operators
SCCSA
Aircraft Operators

6. Airport Slot Coordination and Air Traffic Flow Management
ATFM
Slot Coordination
Strategic Airport slot ‘first line of defense’ in capacity vs demand for airport
Airport Slot data fed into the flow management tool daily
Shows the planned demand for the airport
ATFM views real time inconsistencies between planned airport slot, FPL and actual operations
Can provide some advanced information to coordinator of trends indicating possible misuse

7. Airport Slot Coordination and CDM
CDM vs Airport Slot Process????
No……..as it is regulated, rewards for good behavior, penalties for abuse of slots
However……
If you consider the system within which we operate…..

8. Airport Slot Coordination and CDM
When determining whether the airport itself must be coordinated or not, a Collaboration is required
When determining the published or declared capacity for an airport, Collaboration is required
When there is a requirement for anything ‘out of the ordinary’ eg. Special events, SWC, Nedbank Golf Challenge,
Collaboration is Key
Slot Coordination
DoT
ATFM
Airport Operators
SCCSA
Aircraft Operators