Dr. Adrian Corcoran:

On the last point, these are European regulations that we are implementing and they have clear objectives. The objective of the slot co-ordination regulation is to deal with airports that are capacity constrained.

The reason airports are not capacity constrained is that there is sufficient capacity to deal with demand and any future demand. The idea of the slot regulation is to make sure that when you have these constraints, you get a fair allocation of the capacity that is there, you maximise the use of the infrastructure there, and it is done in an efficient and effective way so there is not excessive delays or excessive congestion. They are the statutory objectives we have here.