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Lufthansa Group Confirmed that 18,000 Flights had been Flown Empty to Keep Airport Slots

posted by martyb on Tuesday January 11 2022, @07:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the use-it-or-lose-it dept.

upstart writes:

Report: Lufthansa Group Confirmed That 18,000 Flights Had Been Flown Empty To Keep Airport Slots - Airlive:

[...] Under these "use it or lose it" regulations, prior to the pandemic carriers had to utilise at least 80pc of their scheduled take-off and landing slots.

This was revised to 50pc as coronavirus saw travel become increasingly difficult – but airlines are still struggling to hit this target.

As a result of Lufthansa Group's latest figures, the Belgian federal government has written to the European Commission, calling for a change to the rules on maintaining slots.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday January 13 2022, @03:19AM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday January 13 2022, @03:19AM (#1212306)

    > the CO2 emissions are really considered waste, and well, there's just not that much of it.

    And the fuel to make those emissions which is still coming from non renewable sources. Also the hours wear and tear on the jet engines, which uses significant resources to maintain.

    > this is a demonstration of fitness

    Like "flexing" by purchasing an NFT?

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday January 13 2022, @03:22AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 13 2022, @03:22AM (#1212308) Journal

    And the fuel to make those emissions which is still coming from non renewable sources. Also the hours wear and tear on the jet engines, which uses significant resources to maintain.

    Yep, not much.

    Like "flexing" by purchasing an NFT?

    Nope.