Airport Slot Coordination: Policy and Implementation (Classroom, 3 days)
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About
The aviation industry faces enormous challenges as a result of insufficient airport infrastructure across the globe. The Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines (WASG) help the industry to meet the consumer demand for such infrastructure. The Airport Slot Coordination: Policy and Implementation course will provide you with an enhanced and balanced understanding of these challenges as well as the principles that have been developed to meet demand in a fair, transparent, and neutral way while promoting the most efficient use of scarce airport capacity.
This course is available at IATA Training Centers and Regional Training Partner locations, and on-demand as in-house training.
Course Code: TALM-09
Course format
- This classroom course provides 3 days (24 hours) of instruction delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
- Student performance will be based on an assessment
Prerequisites
- Participants are expected to review the IATA Slots policy pages and be familiar with the latest industry developments before attending the course.
- Recommended level is Intermediate and Advanced
- The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or the equivalent level for other languages.
How to register
- To attend a class scheduled at one of our training centers: Register early and save up to 20%! Please read the Terms for the early bird discount. The discount will be calculated at the time of payment.
- To arrange in-house training for your company: Complete the in-house training request form or contact the salesperson in your region.
There are no scheduled classes at the moment
What you will learn
Upon completing this course you will be able to:
- Describe the global context of schedule planning in a constrained airport environment and how it relates to connectivity, competition, and consumer benefits of aviation
- Explain the challenges posed by insufficient airport infrastructure
- Detail the principles and objectives of the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines
- Justify the need for transparency, flexibility, sustainability, certainty, and consistency in airport capacity allocation
- Advocate for the optimization of scarce airport capacity
Course content
- State of the airline industry
- International schedule planning by airlines
- Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines (WASG): objectives, principles, governance, evolution
- How transparency, flexibility, certainty, consistency and sustainability all benefit the consumer
- Gaining access to congested airports
- Airport slot allocation
- Historic precedence & 80:20 “Use-it-or-lose-it”
- Slot performance monitoring
- Slot mobility
- Other slot policies that have been given consideration
Activities
- International schedule planning exercise
- Interpretation of the five pillars of the WASG
- Slot allocation simulation exercises
Who should attend
This course is recommended for:
- Civil Aviation Authorities
- Regulators
- Airlines
- Airports
- Heads of Slots policy, Slot managers
Certificate awarded
An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on all exercises and exams. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.
This course is a step toward earning an IATA Diploma in: