Airline operators have raised concerns over the feasibility of Nigerian airports adopting the daily slot system for domestic scheduled operations. A landing slot, takeoff slot, or airport slot is a permission granted by the owner of an airport designated as Level 3 (Coordinated Airport), which allows the grantee to schedule a landing or departure at that airport during a specific time period. An advocate of the daily slot system, Group Capt. In Europe where the system is practiced, operating airlines have been facing difficulties operating the slot system in the midst of pandemic disruption. “The airport slots system has been the backbone of building global air connectivity, which before COVID-19 was serving 4.5 billion passengers across a route network that over 20 years had doubled, while fares had halved in price.

Source: The Guardian January 14, 2022 03:30 UTC