About us
Mission and objectives
AECFA is responsible for the optimization of the capacities available at airports on Spanish territory which have been declared as Coordinated or Schedules Facilitated (see Annex I of Royal Decree-Law 20/2014 in the Library section), allocating the estimated time of arrival and departure of all flights, except those which are specifically exempted by the regulations, in order to avoid congestion and delays, and to obtain the best possible use of the available airport capacity.
The slot coordination and schedules facilitation service is provided to airlines and airports in a neutral, transparent and non-discriminatory manner, aim at achieving the optimum use of capacity at congested Spanish airports.
AECFA is also responsible for monitoring compliance of the slots allocated and schedules facilitated, in cooperation with the airports and the air navigation authorities.
Published on 26 April 2010 at 9:20 AM