Use It or Lose It: The 80/20 Airport Slot Rule, Explained
The 80/20 slot rule: fly a slot series 80% of the time or lose it. Where it applies, what COVID changed, ghost flights, and where the rule stands now.
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395 coordinated airports: the 2026 slot picture
Nearly 400 airports worldwide restrict who can operate and when in 2026, and around 43% of global departures leave a slot-coordinated field. Here's the 2026 landscape — and why a published schedule and its slot holdings have to agree.
Airport slots and the schedule: a plain guide to coordination (WASG basics)
At the world's busiest airports you can't just publish a flight — you need a slot. Here's how slot coordination works, the three airport levels, and why the schedule and the slot book have to agree.