Originally Posted by
LGWAlan
Probably something along the lines of the SWG aircraft is still US registered and they are not permitted to fly UK/Ireland to Turkey - so they need a UK registered a/c to operate DUB-Turkey - and this is the simplest way of swapping the aircraft around.
I did ponder this but doubt it is the case as SWG aircraft fly from various bases to Turkey. It may be something to do with DUB being in the ROI rather than the UK but I am still doubtful as, firstly, this hasn’t happened in the past, and secondly, I reckon with the DUB base having two based aircraft that there are probably other DUB-Turkey flights in the week.
As I said, I reckon it has something to do with the DUB-DLM-DUB being operated as ABR flights on a TOM aircraft but have no idea why.