{"id":13355,"date":"2022-01-25T18:54:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T17:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/flying-thousands-of-empty-planes-to-retain-takeoff-and-landing-rights\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:51:00","slug":"flying-thousands-of-empty-planes-to-retain-takeoff-and-landing-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/flying-thousands-of-empty-planes-to-retain-takeoff-and-landing-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying thousands of empty planes to retain takeoff and landing rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-Hk-aL6ipTF tatsu-section  tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"0px 0px 0px 0px\"}' data-padding-top='0px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-ByeaLajppY\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-bg-overlay tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-rkaLTj6TY\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-single-image tatsu-module tatsu-image-lazyload tatsu-Hk4K6jaTF  \" ><div class=\"tatsu-single-image-inner \" style=\"width : 1920px;\" ><div class = \"tatsu-single-image-padding-wrap\" style = \"padding-bottom : 66.770833333333%;\" ><\/div><img class = \"tatsu-gradient-border\" alt = \"lame\u0300che-agence-impact-mobilit\u00e9-aviation\" title = \"lame\u0300che-agence-impact-mobilit\u00e9-aviation\" data-src = \"https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/lame\u0300che-agence-impact-durabilite\u0301-13.jpg\" src =\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  \/><\/div><style>.tatsu-Hk4K6jaTF .tatsu-single-image-inner{border-style: solid;max-width: 100%;}.tatsu-Hk4K6jaTF.tatsu-single-image{transform: translate3d(0px,0px, 0);}<\/style><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-Byn96iaTK   \" ><style>.tatsu-Byn96iaTK .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.tatsu-Byn96iaTK .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;}}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in January an English passenger from Derbyshire posted <span class=\"tatsu-inline-link-style3\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/18\/i-was-the-only-passenger-on-an-international-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a video <\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>&nbsp;of his adventure on TikTok: he was the only passenger on a flight from London to Orlando. Since the start of the Covid crisis, the flow of passengers on airliners has been largely disrupted, yet they&#8217;re still flying. Why?<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Airlines regularly negotiate with airports for take-off and landing slots. And to maximize the number of aircraft taking off in normal times, the European Commission has defined rules stipulating that airlines must use at least 80% of their slots. If they don&#8217;t, they risk losing them in subsequent negotiations. But with the Covid crisis and the risk of empty planes, the rules were relaxed: the threshold was only 50%, which is still not enough&#8230;&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lufthansa&#8217;s announcement has highlighted this problem and this ecological aberration. Yet the European Commission denies reports that planes are flying empty, and claims that the rules put in place in the wake of the Covid crisis protect airlines&#8217; current slots.<\/h5>\n<h5>Who&#8217;s telling the truth, who&#8217;s manipulating? The reality is that these empty flights are clearly taking place, and this is utter heresy given the ecological footprint of the aviation sector and the urgency of reducing it.<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap   tatsu-SkYkV2paY   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/vols-a-vide-un-revelateur-du-bras-fer-entre-compagnies-aeriennes-et-aeroports-175276\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"The Conversation (FR)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conversation (FR)<\/a><style>.tatsu-SkYkV2paY .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(230,255,0,1);color: rgba(127,128,133,1) ;}<\/style><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap   tatsu-BJaCnSxRF   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/jan\/26\/airlines-flying-near-empty-ghost-flights-to-retain-eu-airport-slots\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"The Guardian (EN)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian (EN)<\/a><style>.tatsu-BJaCnSxRF .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(230,255,0,1);color: rgba(127,128,133,1) ;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-column-overlay tatsu-animate-none\" ><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-row > .tatsu-rkaLTj6TY.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}.tatsu-rkaLTj6TY.tatsu-column > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-column-overlay{mix-blend-mode: normal;}.tatsu-rkaLTj6TY > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-rkaLTj6TY > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-rkaLTj6TY > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-left-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-rkaLTj6TY > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-right-divider{z-index: 9999;}@media only screen and (max-width:1377px) {.tatsu-row > .tatsu-rkaLTj6TY.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}}@media only screen and (min-width:768px) and (max-width: 1024px) {.tatsu-row > .tatsu-rkaLTj6TY.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.tatsu-row > .tatsu-rkaLTj6TY.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-section-background-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-section-background\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-section-overlay\"><\/div><style>.tatsu-Hk-aL6ipTF .tatsu-section-offset-wrap{transform: translateY(-0px);}.tatsu-Hk-aL6ipTF > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-Hk-aL6ipTF > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-Hk-aL6ipTF .tatsu-section-overlay{mix-blend-mode: normal;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last December, Lufthansa announced that it would have to organize around 18,000 empty flights in order to retain its takeoff and landing rights. A bluff? In any case, it has reignited a controversy that reveals the balance of power between the parties involved.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/flying-thousands-of-empty-planes-to-retain-takeoff-and-landing-rights\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13375,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355\/revisions\/13375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}