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In the UK, the CAA was pretty quick to relax the 'use it or lose it' rule on landing slots at UK airports. In the US, I don't know if the FAA have such powers or whether they are derogated to individual States. If the latter, rabid Republican Governors may be insisting that air services are maintained so as not 'harm the Economy'.
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@Oliver Schick
This may be a case of 'it's cheaper to fly these planes than not' or 'let's maintain a service people have come to expect to resume pretty much the same as before when this is over':
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/17/us-airlines-empty-planes-coronavirus-environment
(I realise, obviously, that distances routinely travelled in the US are rather greater than over here.)