Numerous passengers stay at home. For fear of losing the coveted take-off and landing rights, numerous airlines continue to fly – with almost empty planes.
“Airlines are forced to do ghost flights,” said British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on Twitter. Just to meet the quota, some airlines continue to fly with empty planes, like the British ““Times”“writes. Without passengers, but still with high kerosene consumption and (almost) no economic benefit.
The industry now wants the quota of 80 percent no longer to be met, at least by the end of June. The European association of slot coordinators applied for a corresponding suspension of the rule at the responsible EU Commission on Sunday, as Peter Dellenbach from the Swiss Slot Coordination says. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) also appeals to relax the regulation.
The decision of the EU Commission should be made in the next few days. In the past, there were exceptions to this, such as the Sars epidemic and the banking crisis.