Submission of WOW air ehf regarding the allocation of ground handling slots at Keflavik Airport by Isavia ohf.

The Competition Authority has instructed Isavia, which is responsible for the operation of Keflavik Airport, to ensure that a competitor (WOW Air) in flights to and from Iceland has access to competitively important aircraft handling slots at the airport. The current system for allocating ground handling slots has resulted in Icelandair, the largest competitor, effectively having priority for almost all of the airport's most important slots. This also applies to the allocation of new slots resulting from changes that have led to an increase in the number of slots at the airport. Isavia's allocation procedure has therefore severely limited the ability of other airlines to compete with Icelandair, thereby harming competition in an important area: passenger flights to and from the country.