Originally Posted by
Nuweiba
So, now Aurigny has no Dornier in operation... just in this afternoon....
ALDERNEY DISRUPTION - 23/03/2023
Our Dornier has suffered a technical issue in the form of a flat tyre at Southampton earlier this morning upon arrival of flight GR501. We are working hard to transport an engineer across to Southampton as soon as possible in order to minimalise disruption.
Unfortunately, due to Alderney's restricted hours, we have been unable to secure an extension to the hours of operation tonight. In addition, our second Dornier is currently under maintenance as we prepare for the busy summer season schedule.
Since over a year they always seem to have one of the aircraft "under maintenance"
It's been under maintenance for 2 months now - could it have been done faster than that?
I believe the issues with G-ORAI at BHX the other day was due to a tyre also.
G-OGFC also spent several hours on the ground at GCI this afternoon resulting in the outbound Birmingham being delayed 2 hours, and then the turnaround in Birmingham took 90 minutes rather than 30 losing them another hour... the 7:20pm Gatwick flight is now due in at 10:30pm as a knock-on from that.
On the plus side the Embraer has been back since yesterday, so hopefully things will settle down with the summer timetable starting this weekend, I guess they are still a little vulnerable on teh GCI - UK runs until G-OATR is back.