Airlines flying thousands of ‘ghost flights’ just to keep landing slots

Airlines flying thousands of ‘ghost flights’ just to keep landing slots

Brussels Airlines’ thousands of ‘pointless flights’ are among 18,000 being flown by parent company Lufthansa (Picture: AFP)
An airline has reportedly flown 3,000 empty flights this winter, in an environmentally damaging effort to keep its landing slots.
Belgium’s Brussels Airlines says it will have to operate a further 3,000 under-capacity journeys up to the end of March – while its parent…

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