Thanks guys!

EK241 is diverting in at 1722 en-route to Toronto. A380 probably wants some fuel.

Any ideas why A380 should need to stop for fuel ?

Lucrative cargo? Maybe something heavy going back from the F1?

Could be anything!

Its probably because the flight is being operated by A6-EDL, which is not one of the longer range models

Is there much range difference in the fleet? They're all A380-861s on paper. I know the seating varies though.

All -861's on paper but some of the fleet have proper crew rest areas. These tend to be used on the North America services.

The ones without these rest areas are most probably artificially weight restricted to save on the nevigation fees as they are unlikely to operate flights longer than about 8 hours and don't need the full weight envelope that the A380 can offer.

My bet is that one of the birds originally intended for the Toronto flight went tech hence the substitution and subsequent diversion.

Champ

If they are using a plane with inadequate crew rest facilities then they will be stopping to change crews. Duh

...which is exactly what they did - crew swap Manchester !

EK A380 Influence
 

During October EK carried 49,306 passengers to Dubai.

This figure was 11% higher than October 09 and 0.8% higher than September.

However, taking into consideration that September was a 30 day month, the average daily figures for October were actually 2.3% down on September.

The EK div tonight Did NOT crew change. It was just a fuel stop.

So it wasn't a diversion but a routine tech stop for fuel, happens all the time a lot depends on the forecast/actual winds.

EK flight was a planned fuel stop as the aircraft used was a short range version, the ULR version that is normally used on the Toronto flight was not available, there was also a delay in the stop as the aircraft required de icing.

Manchester Airport claims world first with new eye-scanning technology


More info: Manchester Airport claims world first with new eye-scanning technology - Manchester Evening News

I was Iris scanned on my arrival from Lanzarote on Monarch last thursday.

Passport in, then look at a circle. Interesting experience.

Ha Ha Ha............and where did this crew come from ?? or does Emirates just have a spare crew waiting at all airports just incase ??

As i said before the EK DID NOT crew change. It was a planned fuel stop.

"I was Iris scanned on my arrival from Lanzarote on Monarch last thursday.

Passport in, then look at a circle. Interesting experience."

If you had to put your passport in, then it was not an Iris scanning machine but a facial recognition, or E-passport machine.
The Iris scanners just scan your eyes and don't check your passport.

Ryanair is to cut Manchester Dublin flights and next year might pull them altogether
and put more flights on Liverpool Dublin

Have they had another spat with Manchester management? It looks as if Manchester
is far more interested in legacy/full cost and and Easy/Jet2 and Monarch to worry about worry about Ryanair and their tantrums and give me give me

Ian B