Coronavirus: Virgin Atlantic admits flying near-empty planes

Tue, Mar 10th 2020, 04:45 PM

It is operating the flights to try to retain take-off and landing slots at major airports such as Heathrow. Under European law, if flights are not operated, slots have to be forfeited. UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has written to the European Commission, asking for rules on slot allocation to be relaxed during the outbreak.


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