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Why Heathrow Airport Had Empty Flights to Nowhere
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Half as Interesting explains why airlines flew empty 'ghost flights' out of Heathrow to keep their landing slots under use-it-or-lose-it rules.
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Cited to show that empty slot-keeping flights predate COVID and Lufthansa's recent practice.
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Probably filling seats on unpopular routes that they would have to fly anyway. Perhaps in a similar situation to what's described in [VIDEO] , where an airline was flying empty planes to hold their slot at Heathrow.
Read original comment ↗Yep. Featured on HAI a year ago, it's not a new practice it's just been exacerbated due to COVID-19. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗This existed pre-COVID but is more of a thing now. See Half as Interesting - Why Heathrow Airport Had Empty Flights to Nowhere (3 years ago, pre-covid) [VIDEO] RealLifeLore2 also covered the same topic as the original submission: [LINK]
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