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Why Heathrow Airport Had Empty Flights to Nowhere
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Half as Interesting explains why airlines flew empty 'ghost flights' out of Heathrow to keep their landing slots under use-it-or-lose-it rules.
Cited to show that empty slot-keeping flights predate COVID and Lufthansa's recent practice.
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