Heathrow Airport

(asked on 10th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2022 to Question 110499, in what form his Department holds the data on the number of flights with no or very few passengers landing at Heathrow airport in order to retain slots.


Answered by
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Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 21st February 2022

The Department holds the data on the number of flights with no or very few passengers based on figures collected by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on commercial flight operations. The Department does not hold data on the purpose of these flights operated. Flights may operate with a low number of passengers for a range of reasons and we are not able to identify whether any of these were flown specifically to retain slots.

I previously provided an answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 119801 on number of empty or almost empty international departing passenger flights.

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