And what happens when it gets on stand? Good job the NOTAM doesn't have to include the terminal's capabilities :eek:

It would park remote, gate 62.

And no doubt be intending to do a splash and dash

Suzeman

No.....lets look on the bad side, as most diversions end up in pax being sent down the M6 (not!!!).......as usual people cant just acknowledge that EGCC can now take the 380 as a div, they have to look deeper and talk about terminal handling !!!!!!, when was the last time a SQ flight being diverted resulted in the outbound flight operating from Man ???

Take a chill pill dic**eads

Which handling agent has steps and pushback bar for the aircraft?

Correct me if I am wrong, but I would imaging that normal 747 size steps would be able to reach the main-deck door.

Good question with regards to the tow-bar. Do the Airbus wide-bodies all have a common connection, if so does this extend to the 380?

So they plan to de-plane 6-700 pax down one set of steps?

How many buses have they got?

Is the inbound bussing area big enough?

Will Immigration and Customs take the volumes?

Will the arrivals hall cope with 6-700 people all asking for onward travel information?

Etc.

Sticking the plane on the ground is only a small part of the whole equation.

You call it dic**ead, I call it joined up thinking. Pah.

Well MAN seems to have coped quite well with the 500+ pax on Corsair 744s when they have showed up in the past (all economy seating). Of the candidates for diversion, Emirates have 489 seat on ultra long range 380s, 517 on long range, and 600 on medium range (which would be unlikely to divert, more likely to op a regular service). Qantas have 450 seats on theirs, and Singapore have 471. Nothing to panic about I wouldn't have thought....

I thought unloading diverted passengers was not the done thing. Most of the diversions on 27th Sept cleared off back down south within 3 hrs of arrival, except the Kenyan which stayed until the next day.

How many diversions actually off-load in Manchester ?? The vast majority are fuel diverts, splash dash and back to land CAT 3.

The other thing is...how many SQ flights have you ever seen divert into MAN ??? Most drop into FRA or AMS as they are overflying these airports.

CFMU see to the fact that we se very few divs these days, those that do are Long Haul for a splash and Dash.

The last SQ divert we had was when the FRA-JFK B744 had a bomb hoax and had to land, But recently its diverted from LHR twice while the runways have been closed.

I have never seen an emirates divert into MAN, and the only regular transatlantic splash & dash I am aware of was when DL had a regular B772 on the BOM-JFK run. Now thats changed to a B777LR we dont even see that one anymore.

The only diverts we tend to see are during bad weather, as demonstrated 2 weeks ago when we had 3x AA, 1x KQ and 1x AI from LHR.

We will soon see as winter is approaching fast and its when we get the majority of our diverts in.

current operators carry a towbar in the hold. bit tricky getting back on the aircraft after pushback though. Perhaps leave it at MAN and have it shipped down to LHR!

Scottie Dog -
The A380 needs stronger sheer pins on the towbar so the other towbars are no use. EK carry a towbar in the hold just incase.

Steps are no issue for main deck, Not much height difference then an A330. Upper deck you'd have no chance at the moment.

It would park on 62, until stand 32 and 12 are redeveloped.

A380
 

Momentary lapses ' total lack of aviation knowledge must surely be from his/her statement regarding the 600/700 people being deplaned!!!

"deplane"

Aaaaaarrrrggghhh!!!!

Some new routes being announced tomorrow, apparently.

Oh I do hope so! I'm tired of Friday's "big announcement" always being......"it's the weekend". :hmm:

any truth in DL commencing MAN-DTW?

G-STAW

SQ carry tow bar in the hold as well. Need powerful tug though

Nearly 2200 on Friday - I can't hold my breath much longer.......:uhoh:

Suzeman