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Old 21st Jun 2009, 00:04
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Flying Spikes,

in relation to earlier question on turn times....

in Oz we do the turns in 25-30 min over a hundred times a day...so it can be done. This is probably more about new operation and new staff etc (from Ground staff to cabin crew and some pilots....all getting familiar with the system). I hope this begins to improve in coming weeks. The containerised aircraft is faster to turn than bulk loaded unless of course there is almost no load for a bulk load type.

The paperwork is probably the pilots doing the load sheet etc at the end of the turn...on NZ for example this comes from a seperate load control department.

With delays....my understanding is that when flights are delayed they remain open until the same time as normal (eg -30 or -45 etc) prior to the new estimated time. So if you were within these timelines you should be able to get on. All of this will evolve as so many brand new staff/operations on 10Jun begin to get familiar with all the technicalities.

ZQN will be a problem with wx until the aircraft are fitted with the all the goodies they need.
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