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QF009
ROFL...reminds me of the time QF ran a flight LHR to MAN and back using a tiny leased jet just to babysit a slot for a new daily service. I believe that flight carried passengers though?
One or two. Some days. IIRC it could not be booked as a standalone service, and was only on offer as part of a SYD/MEL-MAN itinerary booked with Qantas. Seeing as how they already codeshared with BA on the shuttle flights at the time, not many people went on it! It even flew with a Qantas callsign which was quite amusing
Virgin have done the same trick in the past using a leased Seneca which always went "late" and took off for Cardiff or somesuch place at 5am so it didnt get in the way!