just another reason why I am going down to LHR on Wednesday for my next trip.

I very much doubt Qatar in 3 years, BHX have been waiting longer than that and I think EDI will be next but probably a couple of years away


Ian B

Which day did you come back on? There have been a few recently which have been more than "a normal blustery day".

A fair few years since I've been involved in operating air bridges, but we always had to operate within the manufacturers limits, which isn't "over rediculous health & safety" when operating heavy machinery. Always good to have a plan B, tho :ok:

Ash - thank goodness for that, with the luck you seem to have I would hate to think I was on the same flight as you!!:E

10 DME ARC
Yeah, this time last year I was stuck abroad with the ash cloud. The last long haul was very smooth with EVA Air, though. On return at LHR, touch down 7.10pm and out of airport at 7.35pm. Even e-visa for Cambodia no problem, straight through special section at Phnom Penh airport. And no silliness with security anywhere.
Glad I'm not using NCL!

I think it was Thursday when the Emirates parked across stands 11 & 12 - it was the strongest wind in a while.

I fount a metar from that day here.

These same people who complain would be quick enough to get a claim in if anything happened to them!

"These same people who complain would be quick enough to get a claim in if anything happened to them! "

Yes it was Thursday and I agree that we have a claims culture in the UK if anyone got hurt at the airport but come on, this is supposed to be an international airport handling dozens of movements every hour and a bit of wind causes chaos - no excuse whatsoever. I travel all over the world and have never come across such a situation. 3 out of 5 arrivals that I have experienced onto stand 9 in the past year have resulted in some form of delay. Just gives a very poor first impression for arriving passengers.

Chris, what part of gusting to 91 km/h is "a bit of wind"?

If you had an accident you'd be telling them "This is an International Airport, you should know better."

Poor remarks.....:=

Although non-operational that day, if you did have to park over stands 11-12 then these would of had to be vacant for the aircraft to reposition on to these stands for the turnaround. May of been one of the reasons for your delay. Did you notice aircraft on these stands an any point?

Perhaps if you write in you may get a more detailed answer. Good to see your supporting your local Airport Chris1001 ;).

Ops Guy :ok:

The KL960 was on stand 12 and there was an EZY on stand 11 which was the reason for the delay in moving the a/c. The problem with the airbridge was a technical one rather than the weather and the airbridge was stuck too close to the aircraft to get stairs on the front door. The winds at the time were about 35kts gusting upto 48kts making it too windy to safely connected stairs to the rear of the a/c. This is why the a/c had to be moved into the shelter of the terminal after the KL and EZY had left stands 12 and 11.

I see Kuwait Airways sent in an A340 yesterday, presumaly this was one of the special flights picking up cash?

This flight always seems to be a passenger aircraft do they just take a load of seats out and hand bail the sacks. Surely it would be better to use a cargo aircraft with pallets?

...or just put it in the belly??

Easy Jet
Positive news :- Interestingly I see that seats for 2012 NCL-GVA are now on sale. This is noteworthy as historically these flights have always appeared for sale on their web site much later in the year. I presume that in the current market & more than one operator likely to be chasing the punters then it reflects a sign of the times. :(

plus of course, this winter Jet2 muscled in on the Geneva action

Easyjet winter 2012
 

Yes, Easyjet all routes from NCL inc GVA went on sale about 2 wks ago. So that is good news as there was some talk perhaps of them withdrawing.

Jet 2 seem to be compensating for the lower amount of Easyjet flights( 5 to 3 Easyjet aircraft) from the start of the summer schedules.

seems to be the case....they have also started a 6 times weekly Alicante route in direct competition with Easyjet.

Is anyone making money with this dog fight?

Lufthansa Duesseldorf- Newcastle
 

Was just checking out some flights in May on the LH website, and was interested to see that Sunday afternoon flights (LH3456) are operated by a 737-500. Other days seem to be CRJ-200s or -900s still.

mint airways
 

mint airways to operate flights ex NCL on behalf of TCX s11