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"I am delighted that an agreement has been reached on this text to allow a freeze on flight slots during the summer season.
We needed to act quickly and effectively in the face of the major crisis that is hitting the air transport sector.
It is already the third time that, following a significant reduction in air traffic, the Union has had to use this automatic slot-renewal mechanism.
As we have recently discovered, the rule on the obligation to fill 80% of slots, while necessary for the balance of the sector, is at times removed from the reality of the market.
Having empty planes take off makes no sense from an economic or an environmental perspective.
In future, we will be able to reflect on ways of relaxing this rule while taking the situation of airports into account.
Furthermore, I am pleased to note that the compromise negotiated between Parliament and the Council calls for a full impact assessment to be carried out if the freeze on slots is renewed.
The text on which we are voting is an emergency measure, but if the situation were to continue, we would have to consider the situation not only of airlines, but also of consumers and airports."@en1
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