Corona-crisis, Airlines have to send the spirits of flights through Europe

According to a report in the British "Times" had forced many airlines at the moment on this empty plane to fly across Europe. Blame it on the Coronavirus, and

Corona-crisis, Airlines have to send the spirits of flights through Europe

According to a report in the British "Times" had forced many airlines at the moment on this empty plane to fly across Europe. Blame it on the Coronavirus, and the other is an air traffic control was.

According to the current European rules an airline must use 80 percent of their Slots, otherwise there is the risk that you will lose them to the competition. The would fly mean for the Airlines in a substantial financial loss, which is why they are downright forced, so-called "Ghost flights" to – empty flights to huge cost and with negative consequences for the environment.

Open letter to EU Commission

this is Why experts are now calling for the scheme to be reserved for the time of the crisis. In a Letter to the British members of Grant shapp's criticism that more flight lines due to the 80-percent rule "may be forced, aircraft very lightly loaded, or even to fly empty in order to keep their Slots". He further says that such a condition is neither in the sense of the airlines, the passengers or the environment, and strongly avoided should be.

so Far, the scheme was only for flights to and from Hong Kong and China repealed. Shapp's has addressed an open letter asking for a loosening of the regulations now also to the European Commission - so far without response.

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Date Of Update: 09 March 2020, 23:00
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