Brown blasts ghosts flights
17.07.08
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that airlines flying empty planes simply to maintain valuable Heathrow Airport slots were ‘unacceptable’ due to their environmental impact. His comments came after the Times newspaper report claimed that bmi was planning to operate so-called ‘ghost flights’ this winter to conserve slots at the London airport, something the airline has since denied.
At Prime Minister's question time yesterday Mr Brown said: ‘It would be clearly unacceptable if airlines flew without any passengers whatsoever simply to maintain their slots. We shall look at the matter that you raise, we will talk to the airlines.'
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