Airlines halting flights, but skies are full of airplanes

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Airlines halting flights, but skies are full of airplanes

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I'm a little bit confused as to what is going on with flights being halted, yet flightradar being full of airplanes in the sky... I take a look a couple times a day, and the Atlantic is usually full with the typical flight from Europe, from both Canadian, American and European airlines. I understand that repatriation flights are going on, but are all these flights repatriation? It just doesn't make sense, especially with all the travel and country bans in place
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I understand that some airliners are still operating carrying belly cargo only; the requirement to move goods via air has not diminished just the movement of people.
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L39Guy wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:32 am I understand that some airliners are still operating carrying belly cargo only; the requirement to move goods via air has not diminished just the movement of people.
That makes sense, but would they still operate under the same pax flight number?
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Why would they change the flight number for a flight that's already scheduled?

I'm pretty sure the real answer has something to do with chemtrails, anyway.
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photofly wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:43 am Why would they change the flight number for a flight that's already scheduled?

I'm pretty sure the real answer has something to do with chemtrails, anyway.
How else will they disinfect the population?
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dialdriver wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:55 am
photofly wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:43 am Why would they change the flight number for a flight that's already scheduled?

I'm pretty sure the real answer has something to do with chemtrails, anyway.
How else will they disinfect the population?
lol...
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A lot of Sunwing callsigns over the North Atlantic today eastbound, sad to see.
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repatriation flights
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Those are the TUI and travel service machines being returned. About a month or so early. The core fleet is being mothballed in YKF.

I imagine there will be a lot of ferry flights to various places in the next few weeks
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Re: Airlines halting flights, but skies are full of airplanes

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data from FlightRadar24

About 180,000 flights per day to 61,000 flights per day in a month.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/statistics
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