Originally Posted by
azz767
Quick question. My folks are currently in HRG and due to fly back on Saturday. As I understand it the route needed a sharkleted A321 for TCX to operate it.
Can HRG take widebodies? I've tried googling to no avail and all scheduled ops are narrow body so I'm trying to plan in advance if they will need to book themselves.
As I understand it a standard A321 couldn't do the journey in a dense config so a titan operated Avion frame wouldn't do the flight similarly any 738 used for repatriation also couldn't do the flight non stop. I'm aware titan have 757's that could do the journey but as I understand it they are tied up with other work currently.
Sorry for the many questions, i'm just trying to provide them with as much comfort as possible and with the specks of knowledge I have regarding the HRG and the airlines/aircraft being used for repatriation I've got as far as this.
Any help would be appreciated.
Unfortunately it's way too early to say but I'm sure the CAA programme caters for the right airframe for the job. But with that said if you check the CAA schedule for today/tomorrow flying back to varying UK airports there are a few airlines listed for ops from HRG (Titan, Nile Air, Hi Fly, Euro Atlantic) so it could really be any of these. Best thing to to is keep an eye on the website:
https://thomascook.caa.co.uk/custome.../hurghada-hrg/