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[Scoundreller]

The local airline can fly much shorter distances for a legal flight. $Country airlines can only fly from $Country.

E.g. the local Dutch airline can keep its dutch spots a lot more easily than a Canadian airline.

[sverhagen → Scoundreller]

I was just saying, how does it really help the Dutch airline to have all these slots in the Netherlands if they can't use them to fly to, say, hm, Canada?

[Scoundreller → sverhagen]

So when flying to canada resumes, the Dutch airline gets all the business because Air Canada “lost” its slots.

(I’m assuming airlines own slots and not routes).

[sverhagen → Scoundreller]

Don't they need slots at the Canadian airport too? So both Canadian and Dutch airlines end up holding slots they can't use. I don't see anyone benefiting here.

[Scoundreller → sverhagen]

That’s why every country keeps the use it or lose it slots system.

If you change but nobody else does, only you lose.