Originally Posted by
Wycombe
Plenty of Airbus narrowbodies have frequented SOU over the years (most recently, on a regular basis, Volotea 319's), but as these aircraft can be bulk-loaded as well as containerised, one would assume the former was the case with those.
SOU almost certainly hosts no other aircraft types that would require the use of a transfer loader (to get the containers on and off the aircraft).
With Easyjet starting 319/320 Ops imminently, one suspects bulk load will be the order of the day again, including lots of skis!
When BA diverts in normally it's fog delay or excessive holding at LHR, and they wait with passengers on board until they refuel and get a slot back into LHR. This time the passengers needed to be offloaded and transported, but the baggage couldn't be.