Originally Posted by
helipixman
Not really sure what and why this is being allowed to happen, when the Central belt of Scotland is currently having restrictions imposed ! We are not allowed to visit our own families, pubs and some restaurants are closed etc etc. We are also told not to travel outside our local NHS area, so how is this happening or being allowed to happen ? Or are we just importing and exporting COVID
Because if the government forced aviation to shutdown, then they would be responsible for it and would have to help supporting it.
This way they keep it "open", although it's de facto shutdown. But at least there's no formal obligation to keep the industry alive.
The current figures make no financial sense for airlines and airports. They'd be better off closed. They're only keeping things running to maintain a presence and to be in some sort of readiness for when things pick up again.
Yesterday in the top 3 UK airports for aircraft movements were Stansted and East Mids. 2 major cargo hubs. Exactly what happened back in April and May. We may be not in an official lockdown, but effectively we are!