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EU extends airport slot rule waiver through winter

FILE PHOTO: Passengers queue inside the departures area at the Nantes-Atlantique airport in Bouguenais near Nantes, France, June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

European Union countries on Wednesday agreed to extend a waiver on slot-use requirements at the bloc's airports until the end of the winter season, although it tightened the rules.

Airlines normally have to use 80% of their allocated airport slots to avoid losing them to rivals and a cut to 64% implemented during the pandemic was due to expire at the end of this month.

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