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> According to The National, German airline Lufthansa said it ran 18,000 empty flights in the winter of 2021-2022 to ensure it didn’t lose lucrative deals that
by lwhi 3y ago
> According to The National, German airline Lufthansa said it ran 18,000 empty flights in the winter of 2021-2022 to ensure it didn’t lose lucrative deals that gave its planes spots at major airports.
This is scandalous.
- phantom784 3y agoThe airlines should be allowed to pay a fee equivalent to the cost of running the flight (or slightly less), rather than having to actually fly an empty plane.
- chii 3y agoBut then competitors would say that they would've paid a higher fee, in order to take those slots. So in the end, there would be some bidding, and the cost of those slots would increase to their actual value, which removes the worth of those slots. It "solves" the problem, but the airline who currently own the slot do not like this solution.
- YurgenJurgensen 3y agoIf the competitor thought they could actually fill the flights, they could probably offer slightly less. Passengers probably represent a net profit for airports, so an airline sitting on slots and not using them represents an opportunity cost.