Ghost planes are a mystery that stirs controversy in Europe
Europe's skies are filled with nearly empty polluting planes that serve no other purpose than to preserve the airlines' precious take-off and departure places and times at a number of the world's most important airports.
The Omicron mutant caused the cancellation of a large number of flights, and as a result, transporting people and goods from one place to another became an afterthought for thousands of flights.
And the matter created partnerships that were not expected before, most notably the association of environmentalists and major airlines to reduce empty or semi-empty flights, to amend special rules regarding the process of take-off and departure at airports.
According to "Sky News".
The company said that if the European Union did not take action, it would have to make about 3,000 flights this winter mainly to protect its network rights.
The German giant Lufthansa also announced that it will have to operate an additional 18,000 “non-essential” flights during the winter season to maintain landing times.
Even if the holidays lead to a significant increase in the number of passengers, flights will be slow during the winter due to the high rates of Omicron infection worldwide.
The landing and departure places and times on popular routes at major airports are a very valuable commodity in the aviation industry, and to maintain them airlines have to ensure a high percentage of flights.
Perhaps this is why losing flights continue to ensure that companies keep their positions.
That practice was acceptable despite concerns about pollution, but the stagnation the pandemic left in the aviation sector has called that into question.
Airlines used to have to use 80% of their allotted landing and departure places and times to preserve their rights, but the European Union has reduced this to 50% to ensure as few empty or nearly empty planes as possible fly in the sky.
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