Originally Posted by
MPH1980
Thank you for that great explanation.
I was just wondering last night how slots/timing etc all worked across so many sectors and airports.
Given CTOT works for Europe ... does it auto link into something similar for the US and AsiaPac?
No, not really. The flights that originate outside of the European region are considered 'out of area'. In terms of network management there is a small amount of cooperation, mainly between Europe and the USA, and Europe and the Middle East. It's growing, but it's not yet to the extent that occurs within Europe. For example, the different dates of clock changes between Europe and the USA is a usual issues, causing eastbound flights to arrive in Europe an hour earlier for a week every year, etc. City/airports pairs are also looking to cooperate more closely, for example, LHR and JFK do talk to eachother to try and mutually work out any issues between the traffic flow between those airports.