Can Belgium benefit from slot scarcity at Schiphol?

umbrella organisations Air Cargo Netherlands, Transport and Logistics Netherlands and business association evofenedex have been warning for some time about job losses at Schiphol if cargo flights lose their slot rights to passenger flights. There is a real chance of this happening. A consequence of the famous 80/20 rule for historically allocated slots. Here’s the thing: if you as an airline have operated 80% of the flights for a particular slot on an annual basis, you retain the rights to that slot. If not, those slots go back into a large reserve pool. Other airlines can then claim them as well.