‘Flights to nowhere’ are soaring in the pandemic, but at what environmental cost?

“ Fly! Love is in the air,” reads an advertisement from a Taiwanese airline launching a three-hour “flight to nowhere” for speed daters this week. The flight will take off from and land at Taipei airport, circling the airspace above Taiwan in between to give people the chance to “engage in deep conversation”, according to the airline. Taiwan’s EVA Air – (EVA stands for “Evergreen Airways”) – is the latest airline to offer its...