Planes ‘fly empty’ to keep slots at Heathrow
16 07 08 - 01:51 Britain’s third-largest airline, bmi, will fly near-empty aircraft from this autumn to preserve multimillion-pound take-off and landing slots, The Times has learnt.Environmentalists reacted furiously to bmi’s decision. Richard Dyer, an aviation campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: "Flying near-empty planes across Britain simply to preserve airport take-off slots would be environmental vandalism. The Government must intervene to prevent this kind of gratuitous climate wrecking from taking place – and stand firm on its plans to switch to an aviation tax based on planes, not passengers."
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What a ridiculous system! If the country was governed sensibly, airlines would not be compelled to do this. Our airlines would be best nationalised and run in as an environmentally responsible way as practical.
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