Mad bob:
If we arrive more than I believe 15 mins early on a regular basis then the airline is liable for a fine of up to £20,000. Seemingly a warning will be given to the airline first and then persistant offenders will be fined. I know this is the case at LGW CDG MAN...can only assume it applies to LHR too.
This applies to some international airports in Turkey, too, including IST, AYT. The tariff is as follows:
The airports where slot allocation is applied and the implementation dates of slot allocation is stated in the “Slot Coordination Booklet” which is published by DGCA. Summer tariff period is the period which begins at the last Sunday of March and ends on Saturday at the last week of October. Winter tariff period is the period which begins at the last Sunday of October and ends on Saturday at the last week of March of the next year. The practices regarding inconsistencies that will be notified by The Slot Coordination Centre related with the flights subject to slot are as follows:
(1) The parking fee in the Tarif is applied to the aircraft which arrive and depart according to their slot. For the ones which arrive without slot allocation or do not obey their slot, the following additional surcharge parking fee is apllied:
(2) Aircraft which have slot up to 24 hours and do not obey their slot
(a) For the aircraft having slot of 2 hours or less; when they arrive earlier than their slot time, €2xtonnexhour surcharge parking fee is applied for the period between the arrival time and slot time and, when they depart later than their slot time, €2 x tonne x hour surcharge parking fee is applied for the period between the slot time and engine starting time.
(b) For the aircraft having slot up to 24 hours (but not including 24 hours) and which arrive earlier or later than their slot time, €2 x tonne x hour surcharge parking fee is applied for the period between the arrival time and slot time and for the aircraft having slot up to 24 hours (but not including 24 hours) and which depart earlier or later than their slot time, €2 x tonne x hour surcharge parking fee is applied for the period between the departure/engine starting time and the slot time.