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EU. Parliamentary question on climate crisis and ghost flights

By Laura Ferrara and Mario Furore

"Parliamentary questions12 January 2022 Priority question for written answer P-000141/2022 to the Commission Rule 138 Laura Ferrara (NI), Mario Furore (NI) Subject: climate crisis and ghost flightsIn the last few days, German-based airline Lufthansa has said that in January it would be operating 18,000 flights without any passengers except the crew.It claims it is forced to do so by EU aviation ru...

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Brussels, Belgium, 01/19/2022 09:26
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