FAA extends slot relief at US airports until October

The FAA says it will extend slot relief at 7 major US airports through the summer travel season so that airlines will not be penalised as a result of reduced flying schedules caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The FAA says that its coronavirus-related limited waiver of the minimum slot usage requirement will be in effect until Oct 24, 2020. Previously, the FAA had suspended the slot requirements until the end of May. “The FAA finds that the benefits to the airline industry of providing relief through the end of the Summer 2020 scheduling season significantly outweigh the risks identified in comments opposing that relief,” the FAA writes. The airports affected include JFK International, LaGuardia, Ronald Reagan Washington National, Chicago O’Hare International, San Francisco International, Newark Liberty International, and LAX. <br/>