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My understanding is that if airlines stop running flights they may lose their access to a given airport or terminal. So they run flights even if they aren't ful
by shartshooter 7y ago
My understanding is that if airlines stop running flights they may lose their access to a given airport or terminal. So they run flights even if they aren't full or in major demand.
- gambiting 7y agoI'm pretty sure that rule got temporarily banned in....EU. Oops. No idea how it affected the UK.
- lower 7y ago> My understanding is that if airlines stop running flights they may lose their access to a given airport or terminal. This used to be the case, but the relevant rule has now been suspended. https://www.euractiv.com/section/aviation/news/eu-council-joins-fight-to-bust-coronavirus-ghost-flights/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/aviation/news/eu-council-jo...
- JadeNB 7y ago> This used to be the case, but the relevant rule has now been suspended. Your sibling commenter gambiting (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22782078 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22782078) points out that, as your link shows, the suspension is an EU, not a UK, decision.
- lower 7y agoThe UK is still bound to the EU rules until the end of the year. Here is an article stating this explicitly in connection to the "ghost flight" rules: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/10/eu-airlines-ghost-flights-coronavirus-fightback-airport-landing-rules-empty-planes https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/10/eu-airlines...