Sorry 42psi but I have to disagree in so far as it's no good accepting diversions if you have insufficient de-icing material to allow them to depart later in the day. You just end up with stands blocked by aircraft that can't go anywhere because the aircraft themselves can't be de-iced.
Sorry Andy .... I guess I guess I should have made it clearer...
I'm talking about the airfield ... runway(s), taxiways etc.
A/C de-ice is down to the handling agents who carry out that function.
I have no idea how what the situation is with a/c anti-ice fluids.
But if that were true it might explain why there's apparently no appetite from the handling agents for diversions.
There is annother interesting side debate which could follow on from this.
Is the highly competitive handling environment a positive or negative influence in arriving at these situations?