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Re 5.: At least the EU has suspended those rules. https://www.euractiv.com/section/aviation/news/coronavirus-eu-to-suspend-ghost-flights-rule-for-4-months/ htt

• eastbayjake 7y ago
  The US suspended those rules on March 11: https://thepointsguy.com/news/coronavirus-slot-restriction-suspension-faa/ https://thepointsguy.com/news/coronavirus-slot-restriction-s...
  • kube-system 7y ago
    And planes are mainly being parked, not reused for cargo. Probably because of the capacity and fuel price issue.
    • gwright 7y ago
      Well, if the price for cargo delivery keeps going up I would expect that it would become profitable to un-park some of those planes.
      • kube-system 7y ago
        Maybe. It sounds like the routes in demand are long haul flights, which I don't think a lot of narrow-body jets are capable of doing. Most jet airliners are narrow-bodies.