Originally Posted by
tomuchwork
I think if they can operate out of Madrid in summer it will be fine.... enough said I hope(of course there is always MORE hot, e.g. ME but at SL or it is higher but lower temperatures).
Madrid is not really hot and high (2000ft is almost at SL). Try Johannesburg (5500ft,30C), Kabul (5800ft, 30C), Addis Ababa (7800ft, 25C) and a lot of other places. This is where you are normally limites with 5-min takeoff thrust.
MAD is normally obstacle limited anyway.