Originally Posted by
MARK 101
Given the circumstances,does MAN group offer subsidies such as free or reduced landing fees at other MAN owned airports in cases of diversion,
Surprised they dont do this and offer Stansted or EMA although i suppose the decision is down to the individual airlines
Not how it works in the main. Diversions are organised by the carriers own operations.
Almost all carriers aim for another operating station in the very first instance.
And indeed as happened today some carriers will simply go back home, cue British Airways , KLM, SAS and Lufthansa .
Diverting off of station is a major hassle especially if crews time out and/or your company has no handling or fuel contracts in place.
Outcomes the company emergency credit card if onboard( subject to available credit limits) or it’s on the phone for hours with the accounts team and having to get the supplier to email across a proforma invoice for immediate bank transfer to be made (provided someone senior enough is in the office the authorise payment !)
Then you got to either find ground transfer coaches or hotel accommodation as well.
Finding coaches these days can be another hassle ( there are many fewer companies today than twenty years ago) and further delay and again their pesky proforma will also need immediate payment before coaches and drivers are suitably dispatched