#Auspol #ClimateCrisis #GhostFlights #QatarAirways #Airlines

We are never going to reduce carbon emissions when governments and businesses exploit loopholes and burn fuel for fun.

“Qatar’s ghost flights – an open secret within the aviation sector – are “taking the piss” out of Australia’s strict aviation laws, industry sources say, and are occurring despite the Albanese government rejecting the airline’s formal request to increase flights out of concern the extra capacity would go against Australia’s “national interest”.

“The Qatari-government owned airline is currently limited to running 28 weekly services into Australia’s four major airports – Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth – allowing it to run once-daily return flights from Doha into each of these cities.

“However, under the existing bilateral agreement, there is no limit placed on how many services Qatar is able to run to non-major airports.”

#loopholes

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/09/ghost-flights-qatar-airways-flying-near-empty-planes-in-australia-to-exploit-legal-loophole?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

"More than 5,000 completely empty passenger flights have flown to or from UK airports since 2019, the Guardian can reveal."

"A further 35,000 commercial flights have operated almost empty since 2019, with fewer than 10% of seats filled, according to analysis of data from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This makes a total of about 40,000 “ghost flights”."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Aviation #Aeroplanes #GhostFlights

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/28/revealed-5000-completely-empty-ghost-flights-in-uk-since-2019-data-shows

#GhostFlights from #UK running at 500 a month, data reveals | Airline #emissions | The Guardian

This is crazy but it’s also because of the ridiculous #Laws regarding retention of #Landing #Slots for #airlines.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/31/ghost-flights-from-uk-running-at-500-a-month-data-reveals

#Pollution #AirPollution #FossilFuels #Environmment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange