Slot situation

[Sami]

How's the slot situation looking in games 1 and 2 at the moment? ...at bigger airports mainly that is.

[highways1]

Hi Sami. At least at JFK it looks fairly good here in game 2. A couple of tight times, early morning and evening but that's expected. I have a question, does capacity increase a little over time? Many airports expand over a time as long as 13 years so I was wondering if this was the case.

[Sami]

does capacity increase a little over time?

Yes as ATC systems get better and so on ... new runways and such are not modeled, it's the 2005 situation on those.

[EFHK]

Purple hours 05-13 and 15-17 in Barcelona, game 2.

[elitemedia]

Well at DFW its getting complicated having a flight out from 06h00 to 08h00 and from 15h00 to 16h00, otherwise its still ok...

[deepblue501]

Sami, Game 2, apt: MUC. Slots between roughly 5-10 are all taken, so are almost all slots between 17-18. The lack of slots is becoming a limit to growth. Is there any option to insert a trading mechanism into the game, so airlines can trade off slots for money??

[thedr2]

At ZRH there are no slots left between 0600 and 0800, all other times have plenty.

[Cameron1991]

Trying to get slots at LHR in game 2 is a pain in the ass. Most hours have less than 10 slots available.

[JonesyUK]

Between 0600-1000 in game one at heathrow, the slots are like gold dust.