What are regulations on slot coordination process at airports and aeroaerodromes in Vietnam?
What are regulations on slot coordination process at airports and aeroaerodromes in Vietnam? Thank you!
Pursuant to Article 87 of the Circular 29/2021/TT-BGTVT (takes effect from 15/01/2022) stipulating slot coordination process at airports and aeroaerodromes in Vietnam as follows:
1. The CAAV shall notify airlines of list of historic slots prior to each season on the SHL Deadline date in the IATA’s calendar of coordination activities.
2. According to the Initial Submission Deadline updated in the IATA’s calendar of coordination activities, the airline requesting confirmation of series of slots shall send a message to the email address published on the CAAV’s website. The CAAV shall consider sending consider and send the airline information on coordination (confirmation-code K, pending offer-code O or unable (refusal)-code U) of serious of slots at the start of the season on the SAL Deadline date in the IATA’s calendar of coordination activities.
3. The CAAV shall consider and coordinate series of slots at the start of season according to the criteria and order of priority specified in Article 86.
4. In case the airline submits a request for confirmation of a series of slots after the initial submission deadline, the CAAV shall make a decision according to the following principles:
a) Such series of slots shall be only considered after the SAL deadline;
b) The request shall be considered on a first-come-first-served basis;
c) If slots are available, code K or code O or code U shall be used.
5. For a request for confirmation of a slot not a series of slots, the airline shall submit it at least 03 days before the deadline for use. The CAAV shall make a decision according to the following principles:
a) The slot shall be only considered after January 31 for summer season and August 31 for winter season;
b) The request shall be considered on a first-come-first-served basis. If slots are available, code K or code O or code U shall be used.
6. In case of ad hoc increase or decrease in coordination parameters at 01 airport, the CAAV shall make an increase or decrease corresponding to the number of slots that are being used by airlines according to according to the proportion of slots held by such airlines.
7. The airline shall return the slots that have been confirmed but unused. If the airline fails to return slots by the deadline, the calculation of historic slots or opportunities for confirmation of additional slots shall be affected. To be specific:
a) If the airline returns slots by January 15 for summer season and August 15 for winter season, the time corresponding to the number of returned slots shall not be included in the time for calculating historic slots;
b) If the airline returns the confirmed slots at least 10 days before the expected date of operation, the time corresponding to the number of returned slots shall not be included when determining the ratio of slot utilization to the number of confirmed slots in the latest month to form a basis for confirmation of additional slots.
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