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Old 9th Dec 2023, 16:42
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Originally Posted by dixi188
Used to fly into LHR some years ago. I seem to recall there was a note on the Jepp plate that up to 30 mins holding could be expected at busy times. Would the BA Flight Plan have included fuel for this.
Not as a specific item on the plan in my time there (very very late 80s up to about five years ago).

These days of course you'd expect routine holding to be accounted for in the statistical contingency figure.
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