On 1 April the organisational structure of ACNL changed. Instead of a foundation, ACNL is an independent governing body by public law. There is no Supervisory Board anymore, the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management is the supervisory authority as…
On April 1, 2020, an addendum to the slot regulation comes into force. This addendum concerns a waiver of the 80/20 “use it or lose it” rule in response to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19/ Corona) outbreak. Today ACNL is publishing an…
On March 13, 2020, the European Commission proposed a waiver of the 80/20 “use it or lose it” rule in response to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19/ Corona) outbreak. ACNL published an Q&A, v1.0, on March 16, 2020. Today ACNL is publishing…
Following last Monday’s publication (16 March) as regards the temporary shutdown of LR2 (until and including 06 June 2020) and full priority to be given for new Full Freighter requests ACNL hereby provide a next update. Priority handling (waitlist): With…
On March 13, 2020, the European Commission proposed a waiver of the 80/20 “use it or lose it” rule in response to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19/ Corona) outbreak. ACNL understands questions may arise about the slot allocation process and is publishing…
The purpose of Local Rule 2 (LR2) at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) is to provide sufficient ad hoc capacity for full freight airlines. In the current exceptional circumstance due to the COVID-19 outbreak LR2 works contra-productive. Under LR2 the number…
Update March 13th, 2020 The European Commission issued a proposal to the European Parliament and the Counsil to amend the EU Slot Regulation. You will find the proposal here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/regulation-coronavirus-allocation-airports-slots-march-2020_en.pdf ACNL will provide a Q/A for airlines regarding the implementation…
The European Airport Coordinators Association (EUACA) did publish a position paper on a temporary exemption to the EU Slot Regulation use-it-or-lose-it rule due to the COVID-19 outbreak. For your information the link to the publication on EUACA’s website : http://euaca.org/up/files/DocsCOHOR/EUACA%20Waiver%20support%20position%20paper%20VF.pdf…
On 26 July 2019, the European Commission approved Smith & Williamson LLP as the Monitoring Trustee to monitor the implementation of the Commitments given by Connect Airways. The Commitments were made legally binding by a decision adopted by the…
Recently ACNL has received questions and requests for alleviation on the 80/20 "use it or lose it" rule related to the Corona virus outbreak. At this moment ACNL is granting alleviation for all direct routes from/to China mainland (incl. Hong…
