Wednesday, March 11, 2020

tree huggers have to be losing their minds.... airlines are flying empty planes just to keep their lock on airport hubs

A so-called “use-it-or-lose-it” rule, enshrined under EU law, states airlines must fly 80% of their flights on a slot in order to safeguard their presence at major hubs for the next season.

“Passenger demand for air travel has dramatically fallen due to COVID-19 and in some instances we are being forced to fly almost empty planes or lose our valuable slots,” Shai Weiss, CEO of Virgin Atlantic, told CNBC via email on Tuesday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/10/coronavirus-some-airlines-are-running-near-empty-ghost-flights.html

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