This time is the time at which the aircraft must take off, ATC have a window to achieve this, and usually this is from 5 mintues before, to 10 minutes after the actal slot time, so a slot time of 1020 means the flight has to take off between 1015 and 1030. This time is the time at which the aircraft must take off, ATC have a window to achieve this, and usually this is from 5 mintues before, to 10 minutes after the actal slot time, so a slot time of 1020 means the flight has to take off between 1015 and 1030. Provided your slot machine sets on a regular casino slot machine stand with holes in the top and the holes are aligned with the slot machine, those coins which bypassed the hopper will go down the chute, through the hole in the bottom of the machine, through the hole in the top of the stand, and into the open area in the stand cabinet. 2.An Air Traffic Flow & Capacity Management (ATFCM) departure slot, forming part of an Air Traffic Control (ATC) clearance, which is issued to a flight affected by Network Management regulations. It is defined by a time and tolerance (-5 to +10 minutes) during which period the flight is expected to take-off.
On December 2, the United Kingdom became the first country to authorise a Covid-19 vaccine for use. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be available in the country from next week. Now, India has said it is considering a tie-up with Pfizer. While India explores options to source the vaccine, its next big challenge would be to devise a distribution plan that covers the entire country.
The international airport in the country's financial capital Mumbai is already taking the lead in this direction.
The vaccine which needs to be transported at cold temperatures loses potency when exposed to higher temperatures. For instance, the vaccine made by Pfizer needs to be kept at -70 degrees celsius, which is colder than winter in Antarctica. So, given the large number of dosages India will need, it needs robust and efficient cold chain facilities.
Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has started preparing itself for the safe transportation of the Covid-19 vaccine. The airport is expected to play a pivotal role in storing and distributing the vaccine in India as it is home to Asia's largest Pharma-dedicated import cold zone, which has a cold storage capacity of 30,000 tonnes.
The airport also has Asia's largest temperature-controlled Export Pharma Excellence Centre with an annual handling capacity of 350,000 tons, spread over an area of 4,000 square meters.
'CSMIA [the airport] also offers a first-of-its-kind, indigenously developed ‘Cooltainer' facility that facilitates +2 to +8 degree temperature-controlled transport between the cold storage terminal and the aircraft,' the airport's spokesperson said.
But the airport's management realises that they need a plan to make the best of their infrastructure. And that is just what they are doing.
The Covid-19 vaccine task force
The airport plans to create a dedicated task force to facilitate vaccine transportation. This team will undertake advance planning and collaborate with all stakeholders such as other airports, airline customers, supply chain partners, regulatory and governmental bodies, and vaccine distributors.
Such advance planning could go a long way in making the transportation process seamless.
'The task force will extend all efforts to optimise temperature management, reduce dwell time with prior special approvals from regulators, and lower processing time in order to ensure an unbroken cold chain for the vaccine movement from the manufacturing facility to the end distributor,' a spokesperson of the airport told Quartz.
Besides personnel capabilities, the airport is also planning to dedicate its infrastructure capabilities towards vaccine distribution.
Infrastructure for Covid-19 vaccine
The Mumbai airport is prepared to provide flexible slot management for ad-hoc charter operations so that planes carrying vaccines can take off on priority.
Additionally, the airport is also preparing to provide dedicated truck docks and x-ray machines for vaccine distribution. It will also provide a dedicated unit load device buildup workstation, which is used to load freight on aircraft, to its vaccine distribution system.
Key managers will be appointed by the airport to continuously monitor the vaccine operations at its facilities.
The Mumbai airport will also set up 24-hour customer service to provide real-time updates for Covid-19 vaccine export and import consignments.
On 13 March 2020, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal to amend Regulation 95/93 on common rules for the allocation of slots at EU airports. The proposal responds to the rapid spread of cases of Covid-19, caused by a novel coronavirus, that has led to a substantial drop in the number of flights and forward bookings. In 1993, common rules for the allocation of slots at EU airports were introduced in order to ensure that airlines have access to the busiest EU airports on the basis of principles of neutrality, transparency and non-discrimination (Based on the principles governing the system of slot allocation (IATA Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines)). The EU will suspend until 24 October 2020 the airport slot requirements which oblige airlines to use at least 80% of their take-off and landing slots in order to keep them the following year. The waiver adopted by the Council today is designed to help air carriers cope with the drastic drop in air traffic caused by the Coronavirus crisis. COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 84 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1). Under Regulation (EEC) No 95/93, the slot coordinator is the sole person responsible for the allocation of slots and is obliged to act in accordance with the Regulation Article 4(5) thereof. In respect of their task of slot allocations, coordinators are independent and not subject to instructions from any party.
This article first appeared on Quartz.
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Calculated Take Off Time (CTOT) - The time provided by the Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU), taking into account the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) ATC flow situation, that an aircraft has been calculated to take off. The CTOT, also known as the ATFM ( Air Traffic Flow Management) slot, has a tolerance of – 5 to +10 minutes
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