Legal aspect of slot allocation

As a result of the development of flight technologies and the aviation industry, civil air transport has been used rapidly all over the world. This rising trend around the world has caused the rapid congestion of airport landings and take-offs and traffic services. Due to this congestion, the need to meet the increasing needs for flight services through fair methods has emerged, taking all actors into consideration. For this reason, it has been planned to create a new order in order to regulate the capacity density at airports and to ensure that airline operators can benefit from the infrastructure of airports with heavy traffic fairly. The system called slot allocation defines the required permission for airline operators to take off from busy airports within the framework of common rules. Within the scope of this application, on the basis of global, regional, commercial cooperation and local legal regulations; It is aimed to create a transparent and accessible market where competition is protected. With a similar tendency in Turkey, the slot regime was envisaged for congested airports and some legal regulations were made. In this study; By mentioning the concepts related to slot applications, the application principles developed within the framework of international cooperation, the universal, regional and local regulations of slot applications, the existing slot applications will be revealed and the operation in Turkey will be evaluated in a comparative manner. Keywords: Administrative Law, Air Law, Civil Aviation Law, Slot, Slot Allocation, Slot Coordination.