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Looks as if you might be right looking at the profile of the flight.
Out of interest I don't remember this happening last year when the new aircraft were based and wouldn't it make sense for all bases to have at least one or two new aircraft based if summer temperatures are an issue from Arrecife?
Or was this just a one-off aircraft related issue requiring a tech stop?
The BHX route is six a week and daily from February and it seems unusual when dealing with a 7800ft runway wouldn't it be easier to reduce the risk and leave one SFP at each UK airport for the ACE services?
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Out of interest I don't remember this happening last year when the new aircraft were based and wouldn't it make sense for all bases to have at least one or two new aircraft based if summer temperatures are an issue from Arrecife?
Or was this just a one-off aircraft related issue requiring a tech stop?
The BHX route is six a week and daily from February and it seems unusual when dealing with a 7800ft runway wouldn't it be easier to reduce the risk and leave one SFP at each UK airport for the ACE services?
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Looks as if you might be right looking at the profile of the flight.
Out of interest I don't remember this happening last year when the new aircraft were based and wouldn't it make sense for all bases to have at least one or two new aircraft based if summer temperatures are an issue from Arrecife?
Or was this just a one-off aircraft related issue requiring a tech stop?
The BHX route is six a week and daily from February and it seems unusual when dealing with a 7800ft runway wouldn't it be easier to reduce the risk and leave one SFP at each UK airport for the ACE services?
Pete
Out of interest I don't remember this happening last year when the new aircraft were based and wouldn't it make sense for all bases to have at least one or two new aircraft based if summer temperatures are an issue from Arrecife?
Or was this just a one-off aircraft related issue requiring a tech stop?
The BHX route is six a week and daily from February and it seems unusual when dealing with a 7800ft runway wouldn't it be easier to reduce the risk and leave one SFP at each UK airport for the ACE services?
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I am no professional but this is all news to me – never once have I heard of any 738 requiring a tech stop on flights from ACE to the UK. I have also flown from ACE many times on 738s as far as EDI and this has never been an issue. I suspect this would be medical or due to a technical issue with this particular aircraft (I believe it was also delayed on the outbound from BHX).
I was on a Dan Air 1-11 Palma - BHX and the captain warned of a tech stop at Gatwick as we were restricted to 24000 as one of the aircon packs dropped out (made it direct in the end but uncomfortable on the ears for a few seconds) but the Jet2 was at 34000 feet between ACE-FAO so nothing like that.
As for regular issues out of ACE, like you I am not aware and the temperatures are fairly even in the Canaries so it does seem unlikely and that is why I presumed it was medical. However the FR24 replay clearly shows no deviation in track or height at any point and the Jet2 website has LS1202 ACE-BHX delayed arriving BHX 01.15 and FAO-BHX LS1202 cancelled!!!!! Confused - I am
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I am no professional but this is all news to me – never once have I heard of any 738 requiring a tech stop on flights from ACE to the UK.
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I am a professional and I have had to tech stop en route from ACE to the U.K. in the past. It isn’t common, but it does happen. ACE isn’t the longest of runways, and if you have to take off towards the hills you are take off weight restricted. This means that, with a heavy load on, and perhaps a headwind thus requiring more fuel to be carried you just can’t make it.
I guess then that FUE, only a few miles south, doesnt have that problem. (Or does it?)
Runway is a cool 1000mtrs longer and the immediate right hand bank once airborne (to avoid flying straight over the Capital, Puerto del Rosario) will take you over the sea.
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Jethro's reporting that AirTanker A330 G-VYGL has now had it’s lease extended to Nov 2025, and will be repainted into Jet2 Holidays livery this month!
That being said, GL is almost 5 years old, could it be coming up to a large maintenance check? Might have time to squeeze in a paint session then (whenever that is, as has been reported before, it's flying flat out until at least end of August)
I wonder if Jet2 have the option to alter the A330 leases to 'dry' and train their own pilots to crew them rather than using the AirTanker pilots, given the length of the leases ?
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Not only is it Boeing to Airbus, but also Narrow to Wide body, that alone would be a big ask, then you'd have all the training costs to consider. At minimum, flying around 20 to 24 return sectors a week, you'd need around 10-15 F/D's equivalent, i'm sensing a 7-figure sum for this.
Can't see them going for it to be honest
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Do we know where the A330s will be flying in the winter? Aren't they "too much" of seating-capacity to fill them up in winter-time? Apart from the Canaries where else would they fly?
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I was wondering the same thing. Even TUI don’t use widebodies on short/medium-haul in the winter months.