Originally Posted by
cavokblues
Those operating hours need to change. No way will easyJet have a base at an airport which shuts at 10pm in the winter.
The reason that the airport has shut at 2200HR during the winter is that there are no scheduled flights after that time, makes business sense?
The current Section 106 Agreement permits operations up to 2300HR. However in the case of delayed schedules, caused by a number of reasons including weather and ATC generated delays (ie normally slots) flights may operate beyond 2300HR.
From what I interpret from the 106, delays caused by aircraft unserviceabilities are
not covered by the after 2300HR provision.
As mentioned in my earlier posts, the problem accommodating after 2300HR movements has historically been staff availability, something that will need to be resolved if any based aircraft are to get back for the following morning departures.