Some of these topics are also explored in the following virtual classroom course:

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.

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.