Heathrow Aeroflot slots

Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL) has now reallocated the Heathrow slots taken away from Aeroflot due to the Putin war.

Vistara, the joint venture between India’s Tata group and Singapore Airlines, and which began flying to Heathrow during the pandemic, has gained a permanent daily slot pair, whilst JetBlue and Virgin Atlantic have added to their existing allotment. Avianca and China Airlines of Taiwan have also benefitted from four slots a week and WestJet, the Canadian budget airline, is to add three Heathrow slots in addition to its Gatwick operation.


Edmond Rose, the former Chief Executive of ACL, now an aviation consultant, said the invasion of Ukraine had created “a lucky windfall” for the carriers.

In an online post, he added: “The diversity of destinations they will serve is impressive, touching four continents. JetBlue and Vistara are particularly fortunate to be allocated prized slots for every day of the week. JetBlue’s morning arrivals are especially valuable for transatlantic operations”.

Also see in this week’s BTN Airport slots.

www.acl-uk.org

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