CAT111NDB,
Well I saw the EK 77W land in driving rain at BHX some months ago and it stopped halfway down the current runway.
However think it might make a very small difference to have a longer runway, with the threshold moved back.
Splash a dash,
good point about the handling agent probably costing more, but when did BA handling close as we used to get 747 and 772 diverts up till 3 years ago, though BA handling had gone well before this, anyone in the know on this ?
BHX have said quite recently that wide bodied divs can be problematic, as they might discrupt there own flights, I did consider this as a possible reason why we get so few now.
However we had an Iberia A330 div from LHR which in the end offloaded passengers so perhaps not.
BA LHR ops were clearly heard on the day of the A320 incident, telling a pilot who requested to go to BHX he should go to Bournemouth instead, and heeded that.
Yet 3 months before were happy to tell 3 BA 747 crews to go to BHX although they managed to get into LHR in the end.
I would really like to know the reasons, puzzling.
Nigel.