Empty flights create more news

BMed Business Proposal: There has been a late uprising in Tashkent protesting the food poisoning of Lal Bahadur Shastri. Hence, its not safe to fly to Tashkent any more and we need to play a game called "Blocking the gate" at Heathrow. We will lose millions of £s but it will be balanced out against the millions of £s that our competition will not earn. The plan is called Plan-C. We re-call the pilot who was suspended for excess alcohol in his blood stream, give him an empty flight and we fly to Cardiff instead of Tashkent. Technically, its an international flight! In summary,
Cost of A320: £20 million
Cost of Plan-C: £2 million
Blocking the gate: Priceless

I have exaggerated, ofcourse. For the real details, click here.