Originally Posted by
gilesdavies
So many delayed flights tonight, many in-excess of an hour...
Whats the reason?
Today around 1200-1500 there was high congestion in the TMA. London was releasing very little aircraft. Some had to come back for fuel after spending too much time waiting for release. At one point counted about 8 aircraft waiting for takeoff and another 5 or so held on stand waiting to be pushed. That caused inbound aircraft to be parked on remote stands which mean pax had to be coached (and you can almost certainly expect some delay when that happens during mid vawe)