Did the LS 757 miss it's slot? If A/C are waiting for their slot, can't they stay at the gate?
Actual Departure time is when the aircraft leaves the gate. Pushing on time and then holding somewhere convienient and out of the way to absorb an ATC delay means an "on time" departure as far the stats are concerned. In addition the stand may have been required for something else. BA used to do this regularly with their first early wave of European departures which were frequently delayed because of flow management slots.
Some airports also charge for parking on the stand from chocks on to chocks off. However Manchester's aircraft parking charges seem to be levied from touchdown to take-off.
The work between JA and J has been extended until end Sept - was supposed be mid August. Don't know why
) EGCC B) 1008270808 C) 1009301600
E) TWY J CLSD BTN J1-JA. ACFT LDG RWY 05L UNABLE TO VACATE AT OR
BEFORE JA ARE TO BACKTRACK AS DIRECTED. ACFT DEP RWY 23R ARE TO ENTER VIA JA (TORA 2567M). ACFT REQUIRING FULL LENGTH DEP (2897M) ARE TO BACKTRACK NOTIFYING ATC ON CTC WITH GND MOVEMENT CONTROL. FULL LENGTH DEP NOT AVBL WITH IRVR LESS THAN 350M.
SUP 026/2010 REFERS
CREATED: 27 Aug 2010 08:09:00
Suzeman