Erich Rindlisbacher
WWACG Chairman
Dear visitor,
Around 300 airports worldwide are coordinated or schedule facilitated. The WWACG members play a vital role in the air transport activities by assuring that airline schedules would meet the capacity requirements at the busiest airports worldwide. Coordinators and schedule facilitators do so by allocating slots to airlines or by making well-founded suggestions with regard to adequate arrival or departure times. In short, WWACG members help making airlines schedules more realistic.
All members and associate members shall have been officially approved by their governments or appointed by an appropriate authority as coordinators or schedule facilitators. They have detailed knowledge of slot allocation or schedules facilitation and act in a neutral, non-discriminatory, and transparent manner.
WWACG members and associate members execute their activities on the basis of the Worldwide Slot Guidelines (WSG). In some countries or areas, such as in the European Union, legally binding procedures have to be observed. The national or regional Regulations take precedence in this case.
Demand from airlines has grown steadily over the years in almost all areas of the world and there is no sign that the growth rate will slow down. In many areas airport infrastructure has not kept up with the strong growth rates. Consequently, the work of coordinators and schedule facilitators has become more and more complex, and there are no signs that this trend will be reversed in the future.
I hope that you will find this site interesting and informative. Details about our organisation, its role and its responsibilities can be found by exploring this webpage. You also have the chance to visit other organizations such as the European Airport Coordinators Association (EUACA) or even individual members and associate members through this site.
I hope you will visit us again and I would be most interested to receive comments from visitors.