History and Organisation

Lead by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, Slot Coordination Switzerland was established on 4 December 2003 as an independent non-profit company (legally as an association constituted under Swiss federal act) and is operative since 1 April 2004. The management and all personnel are directly employed by Slot Coordination Switzerland. Our head office is located at Zurich airport with a branch office at Geneva airport.

Members of the Board

• EasyJet Switzerland²
• Edelweiss Air²
• Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA (observer)
• Flughafen Zürich AG¹
• Genève Aéroport¹
• Swiss International Air Lines²

Both member groups (airports¹ and airlines²) have an equal voting share.

As the European Slot Regulation stipulates that the coordinator shall act independently, the board oversees the company's financial and management matters, but has no involvement in slot allocation decisions.

Funding Scheme

Slot Coordination Switzerland is financed by the payment of a Slot Service Fee constituted under the Swiss Slot Coordination Decree (Verordnung 748.131.2) as follows:

• 50% paid by airports of Geneva* and Zurich by number of IFR flights operated
• 50% paid by each IFR flight operated to/from Geneva* and Zurich

The airline/operator* part of the slot service fee amounts to CHF 2.00 per turnaround operation (one single slot = CHF 1.00). The billing process is done together with the landing fees at each airport.

*Geneva: excluding GA/BA flights operated