> My understanding is that if airlines stop running flights they may lose their ...

JadeNB · on April 4, 2020

> This used to be the case, but the relevant rule has now been suspended.

Your sibling commenter gambiting (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22782078) points out that, as your link shows, the suspension is an EU, not a UK, decision.

lower · on April 4, 2020

The UK is still bound to the EU rules until the end of the year.

Here is an article stating this explicitly in connection to the "ghost flight" rules: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/10/eu-airlines...