Originally Posted by
nelsonmadiba
guys,sorry for my ignorance,but I have a question:
why would an airline prefer to return to cardiff rather than land somewhere else close to paris,drop the pax there,pick up the others (transferred by coach from the original airport) and then fly back ?
wouldn`t that make more sense?moneywise as well?
If I were on board I`d prefer to land somewhere close to paris and get there late rather than not getting there at all...or am I totally wrong?
Commercially it's better for the carrier.
Aircraft returns to its base pretty much as expected (in fact early). Aircraft can then depart on next flight as scheduled, with rostered crew. No costs of going to an unfamiliar airport, having to dig out handling agents, getting delayed, messing up the rest of the day's schedules for that aircraft. No costs of coaching pax on to Paris, which they always moan about anyway. Passengers mostly live near origin/have their cars there so can be sent home without incurring additional costs, or can be put on next departure.