Given the known stand (and possibly manpower) constraints at the airport at that time of day, it was possibly not the wisest decision to divert in FDX21 yesterday evening.
Extra ramp space is not going to be a quick fix. I would imagine around 18/24 months from submission of plans to the planning authorities to it being operational. That’s always supposing the airport have any expansion plans already developed. Is there anyone “in-the-know” who could indicate if that is the case?
In the short term, FedEx and the airport need to come up with some creative thinking to get around the current problem, or I suspect FDX47 may be quickly “under review”.
I’m no expert, and I know there are many factors involved at the relevant airports, but from what I’ve seen (apart from last night) turn around times for this flight seem quite good once the aircraft is on stand. So could its departure time from CDG be tweaked slightly to build in a little more leeway at EMA?