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odd that TUI NCL-Cancun 788 did a fuel stop in GLA ?
stop press:
”Unfortunately, due to weather conditions at Newcastle Airport affecting the performance of the aircraft, the flight was forced to make a stop at Glasgow in order to pick additional fuel for the onward journey.
stop press:
”Unfortunately, due to weather conditions at Newcastle Airport affecting the performance of the aircraft, the flight was forced to make a stop at Glasgow in order to pick additional fuel for the onward journey.
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A combination of a short, wet runway, slack winds, low air pressure and a heavy aircraft. It hasn't been explained properly but basically it can take off, just not with enough fuel to get all the way to Cancun. Glasgow may have had higher air pressure, a more favourable headwind and the runway is longer. This happens regularly at Newcastle. It can even happen on Cyprus or Canary Island flights from Newcastle. Nobody is making stuff up here.
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Wet runway/low pressure/not enough headwind component all balanced against passenger load/fuel required for the flight(usually overall headwind component going westbound)
It's a HUGE balancing act and the decision to go somewhere else for more fuel has to be taken early.
It's a HUGE balancing act and the decision to go somewhere else for more fuel has to be taken early.
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A combination of a short, wet runway, slack winds, low air pressure and a heavy aircraft. It hasn't been explained properly but basically it can take off, just not with enough fuel to get all the way to Cancun. Glasgow may have had higher air pressure, a more favourable headwind and the runway is longer. This happens regularly at Newcastle. It can even happen on Cyprus or Canary Island flights from Newcastle. Nobody is making stuff up here.
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Have to agree, why they canned Cork , which was doing a lot better, and replaced it with an airport in the middle of nowhere. Was never going to be a popular choice, even with Ryanairs low fares
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Loads of routes work out of SNN including BHX, MAN, EDI, LPL. It has more routes to the US than NCL.
Great for a ‘Airport in the middle of no where’
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Airport in the middle of no where? I think not. Its near Limerick and Galway. Very popular cities. Also near loads of tourist attractions in Clare. It has a tonne of business’ in the region with numerous on its door step in Shannon Ind estate.
Loads of routes work out of SNN including BHX, MAN, EDI, LPL. It has more routes to the US than NCL.
Great for a ‘Airport in the middle of no where’
Loads of routes work out of SNN including BHX, MAN, EDI, LPL. It has more routes to the US than NCL.
Great for a ‘Airport in the middle of no where’
Limerick and Galway have a combined population of under 200,000 - Sunderland (no airport) has 150,000 more. Newcastle handles millions more passengers than Shannon
But alas, as a hereditary Irish passport holder - I really don't get the defensive nature on this forum sometimes. Your local airport offers what you need and does a job, mine does the same. We all want more and better!
"Newcastle would sustain a US route if it had US pre clearance element to it"
you'd be paying the US to station several Immigration officers at NCL for one or two flights a day - get real................
you'd be paying the US to station several Immigration officers at NCL for one or two flights a day - get real................
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Like Shannon you mean? Just a comparison, not a serious suggestion.
And its in Ireland - US rules are different for the Irish