Why Airlines Keep Flying Empty Flights During COVID-19

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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    The Coronavirus Global Pandemic has completely disrupted the aviation industry. With some strange economic incentives at play in the form of government bailout packages, airlines are flying many flights with nearly empty planes. So why exactly do they continue to do so?
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  • @therealdave06
    @therealdave06 4 года назад +1527

    Buddy you went way too far. This is Wendover territory.

    • @Ryorp
      @Ryorp 4 года назад +121

      I genuinely thought I was clicking on a wendover video

    • @tkoll01
      @tkoll01 4 года назад +7

      HAI!

    • @YourFriendlyUmaruFan
      @YourFriendlyUmaruFan 4 года назад +7

      isn't he friends with wendover?

    • @sirswagger21
      @sirswagger21 4 года назад +8

      @@YourFriendlyUmaruFan HAI is run by wendover

    • @YourFriendlyUmaruFan
      @YourFriendlyUmaruFan 4 года назад +2

      @@sirswagger21 i know, im asking about RealLifeLore

  • @ender3960
    @ender3960 4 года назад +646

    All the dislikes are people who thought this was Wendover.

    • @tuptap2457
      @tuptap2457 4 года назад +10

      I literally thought that it is either Wendover or HAI until I read this comment.

    • @emilebichelberger7590
      @emilebichelberger7590 4 года назад +1

      Tup Tap What are either of those things

    • @tuptap2457
      @tuptap2457 4 года назад +4

      @@emilebichelberger7590 youtube channels

    • @alexh349
      @alexh349 4 года назад +3

      @@tuptap2457 i disliked because I am tired of hearing C0VID-19

    • @tuptap2457
      @tuptap2457 4 года назад

      @@alexh349 umm...thx for telling me

  • @advaitgokhale9436
    @advaitgokhale9436 4 года назад +589

    Am I the only one who thinks that this video is related more to RLL than RLL2

  • @kevinolmedo675
    @kevinolmedo675 4 года назад +184

    American Airlines: Mr. Daddy Airplains ain't stoppin' 'cause of some flu honey!

  • @cerjmedia
    @cerjmedia 4 года назад +92

    RLL2: *mentions planes*
    All the comments: "Wendover!"

  • @lefactuoscope5692
    @lefactuoscope5692 4 года назад +104

    RealLifeLore2 talking about planes. Soon: Wendover talking about Toyota Corolla.

    • @FamesHD
      @FamesHD 4 года назад +1

      Le FactuOscope can you explain what RLL2 has to do with Toyota corollas? Please explain someone

    • @mrplasma7094
      @mrplasma7094 4 года назад +1

      @@FamesHD RLL likes Toyota corollas, and he is friends with rll2

  • @martinzanazzi9025
    @martinzanazzi9025 4 года назад +17

    0:52 - it’s millions, not billions... 6 trillion passengers is a little high lol

  • @aaeve5676
    @aaeve5676 4 года назад +15

    Wendover: **Switches to oil videos**
    Reallifelore2: *Its free real estate*

  • @shreyverma464
    @shreyverma464 4 года назад +67

    I didn't realize this wasn't wendover productions and got me so confused because of the voice 😂

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 4 года назад +89

    man real life lore 2 is stealing wendover productions girl.
    I'm just really wondering if wendover is going to do nothing or fight and break all rrl2s Toyota corollas.

    • @JastwatchingYT
      @JastwatchingYT 4 года назад

      What

    • @balticpagan1495
      @balticpagan1495 4 года назад +2

      @Anant Tiwari the joke is that wendover likes making videos about planes

    • @malarbutton1606
      @malarbutton1606 4 года назад

      You now send over doesn’t own the rights to talk about planes just because two you tubers talk about a similar subject doesn’t mean their copying each other

    • @DesertDog
      @DesertDog 4 года назад

      @Anant Tiwari nope, this isn't one of those kiddie channels where people are mocked for not knowing

  • @cianmcguire5647
    @cianmcguire5647 4 года назад +39

    Never look to the USA for economic advice lol

  • @vtron9832
    @vtron9832 4 года назад +93

    We’re warning you. Don’t cross into Wendover waters. Please just stick to Toyota Corollas.

  • @tudorjason
    @tudorjason 4 года назад +6

    It seems to me that we'll be hearing the term "too big to fail" a lot in the next year or so.

  • @advaitgokhale9436
    @advaitgokhale9436 4 года назад +248

    4 dislikes by wendover from his 4 accounts
    Edit:Thanks for the 200 likes

    • @MM-hd6xo
      @MM-hd6xo 4 года назад +5

      Ain't they the same person?

    • @MarkoBuha
      @MarkoBuha 4 года назад

      Mikhail Malyshev That’s the point

    • @lawrencewei3583
      @lawrencewei3583 4 года назад

      And also by people who realise how US centric this is

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x 4 года назад

      @@MM-hd6xo Nope.
      HAI and Wendover Productions - Sam Denby
      RLL - Joseph Pisenti

    • @alexh349
      @alexh349 4 года назад

      @@lawrencewei3583 the US is the wolrds most main country

  • @ChannelChill1
    @ChannelChill1 4 года назад +1

    I work for one the big Airlines that are flying empty. If all these empty flights stop coming and going, I wouldn't have a job. They've laid off 86% of our work force already. I am the few lucky ones to have kept mine because of my high seniority. I kept mine but they cut my hours to 24 hours a week. If these planes don't fly even if empty, I would really be out of the job along with many others who are lucky enough to keep theirs but with reduced hours. At this point, ill take anything I can get.

  • @azazzelx
    @azazzelx 4 года назад +1

    okay...planes...whats next? bricks? toyota corollas?

  • @stevele5858
    @stevele5858 4 года назад +59

    Any educational RUclipsr covers airline-related topics
    Original comments: iS tHiS wEnDoVeR?

    • @airwipe1639
      @airwipe1639 4 года назад +2

      I know! It’s all you see now in the comments. I don’t know where it started, as both RLL and Wendover has covered aviation since they started years ago.

    • @6z0
      @6z0 4 года назад +1

      Airwipe Its just a meme. Wendover is Planes and RLL is Toyota Corollas.

    • @airwipe1639
      @airwipe1639 4 года назад

      516Jafuh Oh yeah I get that but it’s like going to a gaming channel and joking about how much he likes Battlefield 1

    • @jtr1019
      @jtr1019 4 года назад

      516Jafuh What a stupid meme then, lol.

  • @Knuf
    @Knuf 4 года назад +3

    So the awnser to the title (Why Airlines Keep Flying Empty Flights During COVID-19?) is basicly 2:48 to 3:15

  • @atlasnext4144
    @atlasnext4144 4 года назад +22

    Aviation industry exists
    Covid-19: It’s free real estate

  • @b2manjaro
    @b2manjaro 4 года назад +1

    me on Sunday June 7, 2020 afternoon: i found your channel (I already watched reallifelore 1)
    me again same time: lets subscribe

  • @LordGryllwotth
    @LordGryllwotth 4 года назад +1

    3:11 So many flights cancelled!

  • @yeopazman
    @yeopazman 4 года назад +3

    As much as I feel sorry for the workers, the CEOs and shareholders should put in their own money to keep their business afloat instead of firing people and getting bailouts to keep their high salaries.
    I thought when there was a common enemy, people will work together, but instead, people end up finding scapegoats and casting aside the people in need.

  • @cabusi24
    @cabusi24 4 года назад

    You're right! All the airports from around the world are affected by the Coronavirus both domestic and international flights even here in the Philippines.

  • @yadaKiKhula
    @yadaKiKhula 4 года назад +5

    Title should’ve been “why *American* Airlines keep flying empty during COVID 19”

  • @ishankaushik
    @ishankaushik 4 года назад +4

    Wait... What? Airlines are flying in the US ? Out here in India airlines, trains & buses are stopped completely until the virus threat subsides

    • @alexh349
      @alexh349 4 года назад

      In America they are bribing people to destroy humans by fossil fuels. So stupid I hope in America everything gets destroyed😡

  • @happyfeet7280
    @happyfeet7280 4 года назад +1

    RLL2: makes a video about planes
    HAI: wait no that’s my job

  • @huaiwei
    @huaiwei 4 года назад

    I am surprised that the entire video did not mention that the cargo hold is full (because there are only that many flights left) and helping to generate revenue. At least this is true for international flights across Europe and Asia.

  • @samsabo2271
    @samsabo2271 4 года назад

    Whenever I see the piece of stock footage at 3:06 I’m always just like "Oh look! It’s the bridge I sometimes drive over occasionally!"

  • @MarkWTK
    @MarkWTK 4 года назад +3

    i think CNBC beat you to the info by a few hours xD
    but still, nice video as per usual :)

    • @alexh349
      @alexh349 4 года назад

      They are all the same news company, play all the news at once and you hear them all say the same words. It's the pr0paganda money hungry media!

  • @bugleboybloomfield2558
    @bugleboybloomfield2558 4 года назад

    The thing I was thinking about during all this was not just that airlines are losing money due to the government forcing their hand to keep routes open, but also that these nearly empty flights are emitting so much greenhouse gases, as air travel does, but the fact that it’s emissions without benefit to many people at all really makes it extra frustrating

  • @Brick-Life
    @Brick-Life 4 года назад +1

    7:00 Shanghai Pudong Airport

  • @williamvitorv
    @williamvitorv 4 года назад +2

    As someone who works at a airline, I must say, I'm so fucking afraid to lose my job 😥

  • @GediMini
    @GediMini 4 года назад +4

    0:52... wow. I had the idea that it's a worse downturn than ever, but just wow...

  • @kevsonkeyboard
    @kevsonkeyboard 4 года назад

    I love watching videos by Half as Realdover Productions!

  • @ephesiantisdale399
    @ephesiantisdale399 4 года назад

    Can there be a reallifelore episode on comparing city sizes in the United States and other different countries?

  • @nickfishburn5490
    @nickfishburn5490 4 года назад

    Out of curiosity, how do you research for these videos? Would be interested to read your sources myself, especially for this video.

  • @rehurekj
    @rehurekj 4 года назад

    0:16 to call total collapse slowdown must be understatement of the century

  • @fmaz1952
    @fmaz1952 4 года назад

    Corona will change the airline industry: they will now give you a glass water and a 50 cents mask

  • @shellyb5052
    @shellyb5052 4 года назад +2

    I’m a flight attendant..this breaks my heart 😢☹️

    • @alexh349
      @alexh349 4 года назад

      My step dad is a flight pilot

  • @Sahadi420
    @Sahadi420 4 года назад

    TO KEEP THE PARTS MOVING.....JUST LIKE A CAR.
    the longer it sits, the quicker seals fail, rubber hardens......etc.
    This video should be 15 seconds long. LMFAO

  • @theashman7836
    @theashman7836 4 года назад +1

    I’ve seen A380’s and they don’t have an f varieht.
    So imagine how empty they are, quite scary

  • @estoniaisunderrated5120
    @estoniaisunderrated5120 4 года назад

    I got orders to fly today for the airforce, it’s really surreal to see it all so empty

  • @NickPWilde-el1tx
    @NickPWilde-el1tx 4 года назад +1

    5:30 United has a hub in Houston not Dallas.
    Dallas is the home base for American

  • @justindove5486
    @justindove5486 4 года назад

    Aren't these commercial airlines also carrying cargo (mail and packages) to make up some of the profit? Also you didn't mention anything about how oil prices, which is the biggest expense for flights, are like a third of what they used to be.

  • @FranckDernoncourt
    @FranckDernoncourt 4 года назад

    It's annoying that for most numbers we have no clue whether they are just for the US or worldwide.

  • @gamermovie7248
    @gamermovie7248 4 года назад +3

    I would like to comment that your statement In 1:04 is incorrect when you said: "before it reached the united states" since the first death from COVID-19 accrued in early February and the second one was in mid-February.

  • @sd8313
    @sd8313 4 года назад +2

    At least carry cargo on those flights

  • @sandwitht6264
    @sandwitht6264 4 года назад

    the music is too loud man. but thanks for the explanation

  • @ipeedmypants1597
    @ipeedmypants1597 4 года назад +91

    You entered Wendover Territory

    • @yourdad7682
      @yourdad7682 4 года назад

      No one cares, just watch the video😒

  • @adithyaramachandran7427
    @adithyaramachandran7427 4 года назад

    I think the demand for cars will go up now. People will no longer travel in cramped seats occupied by someone else just an hour back and planes as it is are hotbeds for virus transmission. Problem is, travel will be curtailed to a select few and most will stay within a few hundred miles of their residence. Trans Oceanic travel will be reserved for a select few.
    Most of these cars will be Hybrids or Electrics since the cost of batteries are plummeting rapidly.

  • @Tapankumarr12
    @Tapankumarr12 4 года назад

    This is logic : It is less loss making to fly empty considering the low oil prices than to park flights on ground. Demand & supply my friend!

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 4 года назад

    Neat. Thanks for uploading!

  • @themanwiththeplan1401
    @themanwiththeplan1401 4 года назад +2

    *why aliens keep flying empty flights during Covid-19

  • @cram4676
    @cram4676 4 года назад

    Did anyone else know the answer from HAI's video with an empty fight in the UK?

  • @jacob1931
    @jacob1931 4 года назад +1

    1:11 simimerly

  • @Winterfur1
    @Winterfur1 4 года назад +2

    Another factor that wasn’t mentioned if planes where to stop flying is the weather effect. When planes fly they produce a mini layer of cloud from their exhaust, the exhaust may or may not be visible it depends on the local weather. If planes just stop flying it drops the the temperature. The last time that happened was 9/11, just two days after 9/11 the global temperature dropped by 2 degrees. Now imagine that happening over a 2 months or more period we could end up with weird weather phenomenons that we don’t want to deal with; with COVID-19.

  • @Sergeant_D
    @Sergeant_D 4 года назад +1

    Great video

  • @onehitking9124
    @onehitking9124 4 года назад

    It's been a long time since I have watched rll what's this new rll channel?

  • @9K.3342
    @9K.3342 4 года назад +1

    wait there is A RRL2???!!??!?!?!

  • @puellanivis
    @puellanivis 4 года назад

    RUclips video about airplanes: exists
    me: Wow, really good video! Thanks Wendover!
    Wendover: Wait, what? It wasn’t me.
    me: Sorry, force of habit. Thanks RLL2

  • @rickintexas1584
    @rickintexas1584 4 года назад

    Great analysis.

  • @Skyjy10
    @Skyjy10 4 года назад

    Will budget airlines disappear after the pandemic? I am pretty worried about this.

  • @abc_cba
    @abc_cba 4 года назад

    Awww, knowing that there are no cases in the skyline, these pilots have found a new way to amuse themselves. 😅

  • @MiguelAngel-vt4ge
    @MiguelAngel-vt4ge 4 года назад +1

    Whoever planned the coronavirus really thought it throught

  • @aliozanerbektas
    @aliozanerbektas 4 года назад +1

    Why they don't convert those planes into cargo planes? With a few modification, they can just as easily carry cargo. 🤔

    • @polishedmeat6399
      @polishedmeat6399 4 года назад

      i thought that will be the point of the video, that they just carry cargo from place to place. it would save them money for sure.

  • @PotatoPI
    @PotatoPI 4 года назад

    I've watched enough of your videos to already know it's because they need their airport slots :)

  • @poulomi__hari
    @poulomi__hari 4 года назад +1

    I had cancelled two flights worth of 2.5k and all I got in return was a 100! This is Karma y'all

  • @josephdale69
    @josephdale69 4 года назад

    If you don’t fly airlines like Frontier and Spirit, once this is all over, it’s going to cost you $900 to fly from Atlanta to Denver.

    • @alexh349
      @alexh349 4 года назад

      No, my step dad is flight pilot

  • @OnkelJajusBahn
    @OnkelJajusBahn 4 года назад

    Another factor, why passanger airlines still keep flying is, that they still transport cargo.

  • @LarbiDiGooner
    @LarbiDiGooner 4 года назад

    Where can I can get the map in 3:27?
    I've seen many youtubers use this kind of a map and I'm so desparate to know where I can get it.

  • @2cay2uba13
    @2cay2uba13 4 года назад

    ever heard maintenance my guy lol

  • @lc5681
    @lc5681 4 года назад

    Yet the price for a plane ticket is still high? Airlines would rather fly empty than take a passenger! Disgusting humanity!

  • @rashmisawant950
    @rashmisawant950 4 года назад

    Why does the BGM sound like astronomica ?

  • @zinedineezidan2479
    @zinedineezidan2479 4 года назад +6

    When your so early there is 2 likes

  • @mmoarchives2542
    @mmoarchives2542 4 года назад

    anyone with brains would figure out that instead of flying empty seats, why not book seats that are going to multiple locations, then ground the rest of the flights where profits might tank, but the company will remain sustainable, an example would be, to book flights that are going from new york city to miami, chicago, cleveland, and atlanta georgia, then have a single aircraft make those multiple stops

  • @okinawatim3421
    @okinawatim3421 4 года назад

    Fuel prices is pretty cheap so....

  • @Euank
    @Euank 4 года назад

    Not saying that airlines are making money but they are able to carry MUCH more cargo so they are still losing money but not as dramatic as they say. Most of the money made by airlines is from cargo.

  • @il400
    @il400 4 года назад

    Do they at least fill the plane with some cargo?

  • @alexh349
    @alexh349 4 года назад

    Why is this video demonitised?

  • @cuteandfunnyearthlings2863
    @cuteandfunnyearthlings2863 4 года назад +1

    keep flying to release chem trails which is important for 5g, 4g etc

  • @emporytechnology1502
    @emporytechnology1502 4 года назад

    Finally wendover video talks about airplane

  • @Gwsv2
    @Gwsv2 4 года назад +1

    I took a flight 5 weeks ago, and I was the only passenger. was so much better ^_^

  • @CosmiaNebula
    @CosmiaNebula 4 года назад

    So that's why even the corona could not stop climate change

  • @SledgerFromTDS.
    @SledgerFromTDS. 4 года назад

    It's a big crisis like the coronavirus that affects USA, Russia, China, India, Europe, Central Asia

  • @evasuser
    @evasuser 4 года назад

    RealLifeLore2 wend over the top.

  • @aerohk
    @aerohk 4 года назад

    Guessing cargo and pilot training

  • @The98597thMark
    @The98597thMark 4 года назад

    How did you get to this before Wendover? 😮😮😮

  • @spartanx9293
    @spartanx9293 4 года назад

    0:29 I kinda want to fly now it would be so surreal

  • @Vysair
    @Vysair 4 года назад

    Welcome to another episode of: How is this not Wendover?

  • @nineten3645
    @nineten3645 4 года назад

    Cargo. Main answer is cargo, cargo is making so much money that airlines are break even during this pandemic

  • @RuthCuadrado
    @RuthCuadrado 4 года назад

    Weird to see a video about planes without the Wendover voice

  • @JS-ob2xt
    @JS-ob2xt 4 года назад +19

    All these Wendover comments are getting old

  • @TuEconomiaa
    @TuEconomiaa 4 года назад +2

    Wow

  • @schawafelschwamm6586
    @schawafelschwamm6586 4 года назад

    minimum service I understand, but 54% is pretty far from a minimum service

  • @jimkennedy4509
    @jimkennedy4509 4 года назад

    Then why when you call Delta the wait time us 6 hours?

  • @TheClintonio
    @TheClintonio 4 года назад +8

    Actual reality is that it's to prop up the oil industry.

    • @matthew8153
      @matthew8153 4 года назад

      ClintonxA
      And it’s still not enough

  • @sugarthedextrosity
    @sugarthedextrosity 4 года назад

    WENDOVER? HAI?? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!

  • @thepowpowkitty
    @thepowpowkitty 4 года назад

    Wrong United hubs, but solid video.

  • @quizplz
    @quizplz 4 года назад

    The year 2000 and 20 will not be good for airlines...Were there planes in the year 20?

  • @TulioSounds
    @TulioSounds 4 года назад +1

    The economy is sush a weird thing. Only people can create some so silly.