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Passenger flights also carry cargo.
by afterburner 7y ago
Passenger flights also carry cargo.
- ForHackernews 7y agoAccording to the article, these flights are running empty for legal and regulatory reasons, not because they are carrying cargo.
- iso1631 7y agoSo you're saying "flights running empty for legal and regulatory reasons are running empty for legal and regulatory reasons" There may be some that are, although this article says the flights are upto 10% full. Given the average car is only 20% full that doesn't sound a terribly low amount. The article also says * One reason to keep so many flights going is to help the airlines implement their policies that promote social distancing * Some travel is essential and it’s important that people who truly need to travel by air retain a way to do it. It then goes on to say that many of the "13 Washignton-Boston flights" will be cancelled. Indeed of the 10 arrivals currently listed on [0], 5 have been cancelled. [0] https://www.massport.com/logan-airport/flights/flight-status/ https://www.massport.com/logan-airport/flights/flight-status...