Aviation analysts are split on the scale of the ghost flight problem. But some say there are likely tens of thousands of such flights operating. Via WIREDUK
worldwide operate some kind of slot system, handling a combined 1.5 billion passengers. If you board a flight anywhere in the world, there’s a 43 percent chance your flight is slot managed.
The current lack of demand for airlines has increased the tension between big, incumbent companies, who hold many of the slots, and their newer, nimbler competitors, who want access to them, says US aviation analyst Bob Mann. That lack of demand is, of course, the long hangover from the Covid-19 pandemic and the dampening effect it has had on global air travel.in 2020 compared to 2019 levels, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization .