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Old 22nd Feb 2014, 11:36
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Originally Posted by whossorrynow
If Dubai hadn't saved a buck when they built the runways too close together to allow true dual runway operations maybe there would have been no diversions, more than 4 departures an hour, no 90 minute holding, no holding at the FIR boundary, no 4 hour waits on the apron, no waiting on the ground at outstations, no 10s of thousands of people in the wrong place.

And it'll be the same tomorrow.
Yeah, I understand the northern runway is the only CATIII capable, but why cannot the southern be used for departures in LVP?
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