[url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1496766.ece]TOL[/url] said:
...AN airline is flying an empty passenger jet between Heathrow and Cardiff on a daily basis - just so that it can hold on to its lucrative slots at the London airport.
The flights, which have pumped hundreds of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in the past five months, threaten to undermine the aviation industry's public stance of trying to reduce emissions.
The flights are being run by British Mediterranean Airways (BMed) - until recently part-owned by the family of Wafic Said, the Syrian-born financier - which flies the Airbus passenger plane from Heathrow to Cardiff and back six times a week. As a British Airways franchise, it pays a percentage of its revenue to BA in return for operating in its livery.
No tickets are sold and all 124 passenger seats are empty. Because there are no passengers, the 'ghost' flights, which have run since October, do not appear on departure or arrival boards...
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