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Old 19th Jan 2022, 15:55
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donpizmeov
 
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Originally Posted by pilotguy1222
I am quite happy to take cheap shots at EK, and considering the aborted takeoff a little over a week ago was a near 2nd “Tenerife” with a pair of 777-300s, they are well earned.

EK could easily make the flights “Wx dependent”. Unless CAT II/III is a possibility, there is no reason to cancel every flight. As far as I am aware, none of the US airports listed use SA CAT I approaches, so unless low vis ops are active, there is no concern.
As another mentioned, the 380 might have different RA’s and 5G is not an issue, which would then make the JFK RNP AR approach list. The 320 family(CEO and NEO) are affected.

Considering BA just flew a flight to the US with a single passenger onboard, andrasz is probably spot on.

5G is all over the world. Here is a map.
https://www.nperf.com/en/map/5g
EK is now flying some of those recently stopped destinations on the A380 to look after the passenger who had flights cancelled.
So looks like this 5G thing may be more of a problem on the Boeing.
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