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> My understanding is that if airlines stop running flights they may lose their access to a given airport or terminal.

This used to be the case, but the relevant rule has now been suspended.

> This used to be the case, but the relevant rule has now been suspended.

Your sibling commenter gambiting (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22782078) points out that, as your link shows, the suspension is an EU, not a UK, decision.

The UK is still bound to the EU rules until the end of the year.

Here is an article stating this explicitly in connection to the "ghost flight" rules: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/10/eu-airlines...