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Old 6th Feb 2022, 18:39
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Originally Posted by edi_local
I thought the airliens were making money off these ghost planes by offering then as cargo flights in a lot of instances?

It seems silly to keep slots going in the hope they can be used again..surely cash strapped airlines would be bett r selling off excessive slots rather than wasting money on empty planes?
The slots will be a lot more valuable once the industry reaches full speed again and some slots would be gone forever if you sold them. You would be grossly underselling to sell them now, hence why airlines would rather keep them and fly empty instead of selling.
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