https://jalopnik.com/londons-heathrow-airport-sometimes-hosts-ghost-flights-1827724434
Cardiff, Wales. The next day, the plane would make the return trip without a
single passenger. Half As Interesting, the second channel from
Planelopnik-approved Wendover Productions, details why ghost flights like this
https://youtu.be/X8XZriAdB1g
Despite being one of the most crowded airports in the world, Heathrow operates
pairs exist per day, so airlines are prepared to drop massive cash in order to
get prime slot pairs. And they can trade and sell them, too.
In the most extreme instance, Half As Interesting reports that Kenya Airlines
whopping $75 million to Oman Air. Given that multimillion-dollar sales are
assigned slots.
Should an airline fail to use their slot at least 80 percent of the time,
Heathrow will reassign it to the next company on the waiting list. As the Half
As Interesting video details, this leads to a curious situation wherein airlines
are sometimes incentivized to fly empty planes out of Heathrow.
As they say, use it or lose it.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuCkxoKLYO_EQ2GeFtbM_bw
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