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Unusual for a lightning strike I would have thought. As I'm not familiar with the Max and given that he came straight back in without holding to burn off excess fuel, would that have been an overweight landing?
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MLW = 152,800 lbs
MZFW = 145,400 lbs
OEW = 99,360 lbs
MDFC = 25,941lbs
Probably not an overweight landing given the likely payload at this time of year. but I'm just guessing.
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If an aircraft needs to return, there is a safety LDW so it can land above MLDW as long as it’s within the safety buffer, which can fluctuate dependant on Zerofuel situation.
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Looking at the Jan 18 C.A.A. stats for Kevlavik-Edinburgh now has nearly double the amount of passengers compared to Glasgow (just over 11000). Surely Icelandair must be looking closely at starting the route as well or will they continue with Glasgow only? Does Icelandair and WOW compete on any other singular route?
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There’s quite a large number of self connections on the Easyjet. Fly Wow & FI to KEF and then stay a few days before flying to EDI. They’re mainly young USA & CAN and few CHN students. They don’t seem to think about fares from Wow and FI that allow stopovers.
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CabinCrewe - Norwegian are trying out a new ULCC model for transatlantic with the MAX. Part of that plan was a reduction in APD, which hasn’t materialised. To stimulate the demand it needs low pricing, but they cant make the sort of yield they want on it with the APD as it is. Therefore they have shifted the focus to Ireland.
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It won't be unique to Norwegian TATL at EDI as we have also seen FR can most of their GLA network as a result of this. As has been mentioned, for their business model on the TATL routes, APD at current levels is a huge barrier. More money to be made at Dublin and better chance of stimulating demand with lower prices overall.
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Norwegian knew the APD situation when they started the routes. I'm told that they had apparently under-estimated the impact this would have ex US in particular, where they started to sell the same lead-in fares ex PVD and SWF to EDI as for DUB, ORK, SNN and BFS but of course, APD has to be deducted ex EDI. Unsurprisingly their yields are far stronger at the other airports than EDI, therefore capacity is being switched across.
They knew the score when they launched but missed a beat by recognising the impact of APD - and you can hardly blame the Scottish Government for that one.
They knew the score when they launched but missed a beat by recognising the impact of APD - and you can hardly blame the Scottish Government for that one.