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Single passenger flights: The daily woes of airlines, and the crew still working

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By Tracy Rucinski

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They have to continue flying or they lose their flight slots under the "use it or lose it" system. The value of these slots exceeds that of flying an empty plane.

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There is still air cargo being flow under the main deck. The less people the more cargo.

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all that wasted jet fuel-how ecological of you all! sigh

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no sympathy at all for an industry that false advertises, price gouges and treats customers like garbage. let the tiny violins play....

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Time to make one-two-three-four passenger planes!!!

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Sound fun but I rather be on Singapore, Thai , China , or any other airlines alone. Food is perfect , wine is o.k.and service staffs very very very kind.

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After the earthquake hit Kumamoto there were heaps of flights flying in and out of Fukuoka with only about a dozen passengers

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If they will allow a single passenger on a flight to go from coach to an empty first class seat, so much for the airlines excuse that on a normal flight, if a coach passenger were to ask to sit in business/first class, it's not possible.

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@Tey, just purchase a first class seat and then you do not have to beg to get one.

Gave you a thumbs up. Don't know why anyone would down thumb ya

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If I flew out of Japan now then I wouldn’t be allowed back in...

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