Did someone say New York
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I did hear that they have asked the airport to keep the airbridge stand free from 18.30 until 21.00 incase they do start the 2nd flight. not sure if this is still the case??
Transwede
Correct we don't keep stand 30/9 free on the off chance. All stand allocations are seasonally allocated and that stand is regularly used once the emirates has departed. However, if EK did decide to go double daily then it would get that stand with the airbridge. It can also accomodate a 777 (before anyone asks).
As for a runway extension, nooooooo chance
. If it was in the Airports plans then it would have been carried out last winter, when the current runway was resurfaced and the airfield was closed. We have also just had new ILS's on both runways at a massive cost. Extending the runway would mean ripping 1 of those out.
If EK were planning on upgrading, then they would already know what issues they may have with that aircraft and expected performance off 25.
Ops Guy
