56 Empty Flights from Southwest This Past Monday Alone

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The travel sector is experiencing unprecedented ramifications. Flying empty flights to hold landing

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slots and move planes to key places was inevitable. I doubt anyone could have imagined 56 empty planes in one day.

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Slashing capacity seems insufficient; numerous carriers are flying more empty flights than expected. Why are they still around? Chief Operating

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Officer Mike Van de Ven gave three reasons. First, air travel is considered "essential" by the government, which may come with perks. Second,

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government aid implies service continuity. If they stopped flying, even empty planes, they would lose government funding that will presumably

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be forthcoming. The last point he stated was the immense logistical and financial obstacles of restarting an airline once it stops all operations,

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As travel demand drops and more localities implement shelter-in-place

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orders, the travel industry will take more extreme methods to survive until travel can resume.

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Southwest’s CEO Says Air Travel Should Take Off Soon