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Aviation Explained: Why Can’t an Airline Just Add a Flight to Heathrow?

At a Level 3 airport nothing may arrive or depart without an allocated slot — how the world’s most congested airports ration access, and why one pair of Heathrow slots sold for $75 million.

Aviation Explained: Why Can’t an Airline Just Add a Flight to Heathrow?
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