Empty planes with no one checking in: Staggering 15,000 ‘ghost flights’ took off from UK during pandemic

The Civil Aviation Authority has recently revealed that almost 15,000 “ghost flights” departed from 32 UK airports between March 2020 and September 2021.  With around 4,910 planes Heathrow made the top of the list, followed by Aberdeen, Manchester and Stansted, at an overall  average of 720 per month. According to City A.M. estimates, that would [...]