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The only extra slots BA have applied for at MAN is to increase LHR and start a new Sun Air route to Oslo.
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Could be a work in progress then as they have applied for 64 extra slots this winter (but of course may not use those extra slots). Sun Air have applied for 264 extra slots this winter to facilitate OSL.
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Sure, I was in the middle of it. But as noone else was cancelling (except a Lufthansa and a Flybe flight) and most of the BA cancellations were hours in advance, what exactly was BACFs problem?
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I don't know for certain, but guessing the BACF's mostly night-stop in LCY. If they all departed they'd probably have struggled to get them all back in again, meaning they'd have aircraft displaced for this morning also. All the non-based airlines will of course try to get out wherever possible, they don't want to be stuck in LCY when they need to be in say AMS, DUB etc. for this morning.
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I don't know for certain, but guessing the BACF's mostly night-stop in LCY. If they all departed they'd probably have struggled to get them all back in again, meaning they'd have aircraft displaced for this morning also. All the non-based airlines will of course try to get out wherever possible, they don't want to be stuck in LCY when they need to be in say AMS, DUB etc. for this morning.
I was asking if they are short of aircraft as I noticed G-LCYL at SEN in the morning plus an all white E170 (Eastern?)
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Lots of Cityflyer crew are Scottish base. So those evening flights to Glasgow get crew home, they carry folk heading to Scotland for the weekend (they're usually well loaded) and position the aircraft ready for the Barrhead work over the weekend.
The cancellations last evening left lots of folk stranded, including my partner who wasn't best pleased to get up in the middle of the night so he could get the first train out of Euston!
The cancellations last evening left lots of folk stranded, including my partner who wasn't best pleased to get up in the middle of the night so he could get the first train out of Euston!
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BRS - Florence
Why was the Bristol to Florence flight cancelled?
This flight is always delayed, I had a nightmare of a flight last month. In addition to delays on both journeys the pilot removed all hold baggage from the plane as the aircraft was too heavy. I was a fan of British Airways but not anymore unfortunately.
This flight is always delayed, I had a nightmare of a flight last month. In addition to delays on both journeys the pilot removed all hold baggage from the plane as the aircraft was too heavy. I was a fan of British Airways but not anymore unfortunately.
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FLR is a poor choice of airport. Unfortunately its short runway and susceptibility to inclement weather mean that a disproportionate number of flights end up getting cancelled or diverting to PSA. Hopefully once the runway extension is built it will alleviate the situation to some degree.
Depending on the operating aircraft type, some operators get more penalised than others.
Depending on the operating aircraft type, some operators get more penalised than others.
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Thanks for the info - I was not aware that this Friday schedule to GLA is not the exception, but the norm:
BA8730 LCY 21:00 - 22:20 GLA
BA8740 LCY 21:15 - 22:35 GLA
BA2210 LCY 21:30 - 22:50 GLA
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Bristol to Florence
FLR is a poor choice of airport. Unfortunately its short runway and susceptibility to inclement weather mean that a disproportionate number of flights end up getting cancelled or diverting to PSA. Hopefully once the runway extension is built it will alleviate the situation to some degree.
Depending on the operating aircraft type, some operators get more penalised than others.
Depending on the operating aircraft type, some operators get more penalised than others.
On a separate note does anyone know BAs response times to deal with delayed compensation claims? I completed the form at the end of June but haven’t heard anything.
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Why was the Bristol to Florence flight cancelled?
This flight is always delayed, I had a nightmare of a flight last month. In addition to delays on both journeys the pilot removed all hold baggage from the plane as the aircraft was too heavy. I was a fan of British Airways but not anymore unfortunately.
This flight is always delayed, I had a nightmare of a flight last month. In addition to delays on both journeys the pilot removed all hold baggage from the plane as the aircraft was too heavy. I was a fan of British Airways but not anymore unfortunately.
All that is shown for the aircraft on FR24's aircraft flight history page is that it departed BRS at 1647 this afternoon with no destination shown. The page shows its next work as STN-FLR tomorrow morning so I'm assuming it went there from BRS.
The BRS website arrivals page shows the FLR-BRS as 'Arrived' but there is no information regarding its deparure on the airport's departures page except the unhelpful note 'Go to Departures' which has been in place since this afternoon.
A poster on another website who was due to travel with his family today said he received an app message from the airline saying today's FLR-BRS was cancelled.
Could this have been a crew hours issue bearing in mind the late running of the earlier sectors?
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Yes, I think your correct as the crew must have been out of hours due to the delay and the London City to Florence & Florence to Bristol sector. I feel sorry for the poor passengers once again.
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It doesn't really gel, criticising a carrier based at London City, of all places, for operating to an airport with a short runway and liable to weather disruption ...