Sentence examples for flight is empty from inspiring English sources
Since this flight is empty anyways, startups like JetSmarter have recently begun programs to let members take advantage of these empty seats.
Remember when about 30% of the seats on a domestic flight were empty?
"The dirty little secret of the industry is, about a third of our flights are empty," said Alex Wilcox, chief executive of JetSuite, based in Southern California, which recently began posting last-minute $499 deals on Facebook for empty legs on the company's four-passenger Embraer Phenom aircraft.
And here's the kicker: While airliners fly at close to a 90% load factor, perhaps more than 30% of private flights are empty – repositioning the airplane after dropping off one set of passengers to return to base or pick up other passengers.
But if the flight takes off and the seat is empty, the seat becomes worthless.
Downtown Detroit is empty.
In addition, the flight is nearly half-empty, carrying only 44 more passengers than the JetBlue flight.
The flight was mostly empty, except for some Chinese businessmen and Iranian diplomats.
As it turned out, the flight was half empty, but I didn't regret spending the extra money.
The truck that would carry the Yankees' equipment to the airport for the cross-country flight was mostly empty this afternoon, even after players arrived at Yankee Stadium.
