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> 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 releva
by 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...