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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by timthorn on Saturday March 07, 2020 @06:07PM (#22514898)
There are similar ghost trains in the UK: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150723-why-britain-has-...
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by beojan on Saturday March 07, 2020 @06:23PM (#22514970)
That's not because they have targets to meet, that's because closing a station officially is very difficult.
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by im3w1l on Saturday March 07, 2020 @08:44PM (#22515702)
In both cases it's because of stupid bureaucracy, seems pretty comparable to me.
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