Bring out the Clowns!Of course the planes are packed. The more full they are the less money an airline loses. The question more importantly is how many are sitting idle. So now lets put these full planes in perspective.
So as reported today by Pearson Canada's busiest airport there are:
262 Departures
264 Arrivals
About 1 in 50 departures were cancelled
About 1 in 30 arrivals were cancelled
So total arrival and departures were 526. Of course this depends on whether they already accounted to cancellations if not the number is slight lower.
Compare that to a typical day at Pearson pre pandemic which would see anywhere from 1200 to 1300 flights a day.