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[ReadyToGo]

Thanks for a great answer OpsGuy!

I love the "2) they are Emirates" bit!

One more thing, do the airlines get charged extra for the "better" stands? Ie, if for operational reasons a TCX ends up out on the far side of the field, do they get charged less? Or if the KLM gets allocated a bridge, is that going to cost them more than if they use a stand without one?

RTG!

[CJ1234]

yes they will get charged to use the better stands. dont forget too that certain airlines refuse the airbridge stands - they take too long and cost more. in fairness, i can say from experience that theyre a bit of a pain in the butt.

[Betablockeruk]

So, all that discussion about EK 777 in NCL is about to be tested by Glasgow's EK27 now diverting en-route. Due 1300'ish

[CentreFix25]

It's due out at 18:00.

Getting a 777-300 from NCL to DXB is not an issue, getting an acceptable/profitable load is.

They are also on 07 which makes things a little easier.

[upnorth east]

EK28 shouldn't have any problems with take off at 18.00 as easterly runway (07) being used, so no problems with the hill off 025.

I think today is first time ever that two foreign owned widebodies have been on ground at same time, as usual A330 already on stand when B777 landed.

Where did you get your info so early that EK35 was diverting here ?

Thanks.

[ReadyToGo]

FAO upnortheast...

Might not be? Would the Air Transat A300 and Emirates A330 ever be on the ground at the same time?

[N707ZS]

A long time ago CP Air and Wardair DC-10s were sometimes on the ground together.

[upnorth east]

I stand corrected - just wanted to test your memories !! thanks.

[BoeingGTi]

Just seen it depart from my office window..... Seemed to get up well before the Jet2 that went before it

[CentreFix25]

Must have turned out to be a useful excercise as it loaded it's pax from the airbridge.

[Jamesair]

I heard on the news that pax from EDI were being bussed to NCL to pick up their flights and that MAN and NCL where diversionary airports for EDI.

Anyone know what diversions actually took place?

[transwede]

Easy, BMI and Lotus Air diverted in from EDI, KLM too I think. Someone said a total of 15 diversions?!

[Jamesair]

Thanks for the info Transwede, I'm assuming the previous Emirates 777 was one of them.

[Random Flyer]

Thanks for the info Transwede, I'm assuming the previous Emirates 777 was one of them.

Yes, the Emirates 777 was flying DXB-GLA and diverted to NCL.

[GrahamK]

On the subject of Emirates, anyone know why tody's flight is so late? Guessing a tech problem or something?

[HH6702]

bmi

There is a post on another forum that bmi are to base 3 x E145 for winter 10/11
Anybody heard anything on this?

3x daily to frankfurt
2x daily to cph replaces cimber
1x daily to zurich
3x daily to bru

2 x daily to dus operated by LH

Sounds good if true?

[ash666]

Frankfurt would be good, open up a lot of options. Might hit KLM, though.

[Ringwayman]

That post on the other forum is not gospel but merely an indication of what BD may end up doing. There's a fair few UK airports that may gain links to the LH group's bases with a question mark of what they are to do with MAN granted it's their biggest operation in the UK outside LHR.

[aeulad]

I don't think that Zurich would work, better off using the a/c to do something like a Hamburg, Munich or Stockholm.

Regards

Mike

[HH6702]

zurich

Has zurich been tried before if so by who and what type of aircraft used and roughly how much were tkts and what were loads like?