AIRPORT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE SLOTS

Due to an imbalance between the demand for air transport and the availability of adequate airport facilities/infrastructure and airspace systems to meet such demand at O R Tambo, Cape Town and Durban International Airports a system of issuing arrival and departure slots is applied.

With the cooperation of Airlines, Airports, ATC, Coordinators and Industry Experts, IATA has developed a comprehensive set of procedures which are intended to provide guidance on managing the allocation of scarce resources at congested airports on a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory basis.

South Africa after consultation with the entire aviation community is following the IATA Worldwide Scheduling Guideline for the 3 coordinated airports in South Africa. Provision is made for local rules of which there are some being applied in South Africa.

ATNS is the appointed and recognized IATA slot coordinator with input on airport constraints by ACSA. For a full explanation of the airport slot allocation procedure please refer to the SAAIP ENR 1.9. A copy of the Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines is available from IATA at www.iata.org

Airport Slot requests will be accepted via the following facilities: