Routing AUH - MAA
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Routing AUH - MAA
Paxed this route during the week with the Airline that cannot be named on a 321. From AUH we headed NE toward Bandar Abbas before heading East over Southern Pakistan and then SE over Hyderabad and Pune and down to Chennai.
Are there airways or aircraft restrictions that mean this can't be done as a direct flight over Oman and the Arabian Sea?
Are there airways or aircraft restrictions that mean this can't be done as a direct flight over Oman and the Arabian Sea?
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Would take a guess that winds played a part. Might have been significant jet stream activity heading East to warrant taking a longer route (in terms of track miles) to the north.
Yes that would definitively be the reason.
But in this day, why can't the Indian Ocean be opened up to more traffilc? With RNP and CPDLC available, why should this sort of nonsense be costing airlines and pax considerably?
But in this day, why can't the Indian Ocean be opened up to more traffilc? With RNP and CPDLC available, why should this sort of nonsense be costing airlines and pax considerably?
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The reason is slot times and not the jet stream. Between the peak departure period out of AUH and the sheer amount of traffic from the Gulf and Europe funneling through Oman, slot times are a nightly gamble. Only so many departures allowed per hour, and if operational delays cause a slot time to be missed, a 15 minute delay can quickly become a 2 hour or more delay.
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Thanks folks, so slots/congestion is the issue, I did notice there was a significant wave of 319/320/321 traffic ready to launch around the same time as us to various points, busy old area.
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But in this day, why can't the Indian Ocean be opened up to more traffilc?
Many aircraft divert around the undermanned Muscat FIR due flow constraints that are there simply due to a lack of manpower/lack of will by authorities to fix.