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Another reason springs to mind: if airports are congested - as they probably are - if an airline continually wastes allocated take-off/landing slots by not actu
by noinsight 7y ago
Another reason springs to mind: if airports are congested - as they probably are - if an airline continually wastes allocated take-off/landing slots by not actually using them, the whole airport becomes less efficient and those precious slots could have been better used by someone else. This disincentivizes doing that. I'll leave why someone would hog slots they have no intention of using as an open question.
- tomatocracy 7y agoI don't think airlines do hold on to slots that they have no intention of ever using in practice - they tend to sell the slots in those circumstances. What they do do though is hold onto slots at congested airports that they perhaps don't have a use for until a few weeks/months down the line.