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Old 3rd Feb 2006, 21:54
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Thunderbug
 
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Shorthaul from Paris would be tankering - probably enough for the aircraft to return to Paris on its next sector.
From AIS (EGLL NOTAM)
EGTT/QFULT/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5129N00028W005
FROM 06/01/30 12:24 TO 06/03/30 12:00 EST A0151/06
E)HEATHROW AIRPORT IS EXPERIENCING REDUCED DELIVERIES OF JET FUEL.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE CONTINUANCE OF OPS, THE ARRANGEMENTS AGREED IN THE DRAFT HEATHROW FUEL CONTINGENCY PLAN (HFCP) WILL APPLY WIE.
THE SITUATION REMAINS UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW AND AS SUPPLIES AND STOCKS CHANGE FURTHER CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS ON EACH AIRLINE.
ALL INBOUND ACFT WILL MAXIMISE TANKERING OPPORTUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO TANKERING, FUEL RESTRICTIONS WILL ALSO APPLY. USING THE HFCP, EACH CARRIER WILL, ON A DAILY BASIS, BE ALLOCATED A PERCENTAGE OF THE PREVIOUS WEEKS TOTAL UPLIFT. THIS ALLOCATION CAN BE USED AT AIRLINES DISCRETION. ALL DEPARTING ACFT WILL RECEIVE FUEL, BUT ON A REDUCED BASIS - (REFLECTING NORMAL CONTINGENCY PRACTICE WORLDWIDE). THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS APPLY:
NEW ALLOCATION FOR VISITING CARRIERS AT LHR WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
FLTS UP TO 5 HR DURATION WILL RECEIVE 40 PER CENT OF NORMAL UPLIFT
FLTS OVER 5 HR DURATION WILL RECEIVE 70 PER CENT OF NORMAL UPLIFT
NEW ALLOCATION FOR BASE CARRIERS:
FLTS UP TO 5 HR DURATION WILL RECEIVE 55 PER CENT OF NORMAL UPLIFT
FLTS OVER 5 HR DURATION WILL RECEIVE 82 PER CENT OF NORMAL UPLIFT
CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO AIRLINES THAT PREDOMINANTLY OPERATE ACFT AT THE LIMIT OF THEIR RANGE. AIRLINES IN THIS CATEGORY SHOULD CONTACT THE AIRSIDE BUSINESS RECOVERY TEAM ON 020 8745 7582 TO ESTABLISH AN AGREEMENT.
THE SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED DAILY AND AIRLINES PERFORMANCE MEASURED, AS THE FUEL SITUATION DEVELOPS THE ALLOWANCES MAY BE ADJUSTED AND FURTHER NOTAM WILL BE ISSUED.

Certainly at my outfit, shorthaul is tankering into LHR enough fuel for the aircraft's next sector, subject to performance & structural limitations. Longhaul is tankering into LHR from a dozen selected locations.
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