After Diversion empty takeoff to previous airport...Why?
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After Diversion empty takeoff to previous airport...Why?
Hi all...please accept my apologies if this was questioned and answered here before, however the search tool didn't give me what i needed.
Since some years ago this practice was mainly used by Ryanair but lately other LCCs use this option.
So any member here kind explain me.
Whats the reason when for example ( I give here personal examples at Faro, Portugal with for instance Ryanair), a ryr flt inbound to Faro needs to divert to Seville, Malaga or Lisbon, they only stay there for about one hour or less, and they always send pax by road bus, when the respective plane returns empty/ferry to Faro with only crew...?
Are not the leasing of a bus more expensive?
If the plane it's returning to the first airport what's the reason and sense of this?
When vice versa occurs it's also the same, regarding the airports in cause.
I fully understand when airline ops demands plane to take off to a different airport of the pre-planned destination, no other option would be given than alternate transport, but when, and I must emphasize, *When*, aircraft is returning empty to the same planned destination airport, why the hell they sent pax by bus instead of simply take them on a empty plane having the the very same destination of one leased bus or more buses?
It doesn't make me any sense at all, IMHO...
Peace ✌️
Since some years ago this practice was mainly used by Ryanair but lately other LCCs use this option.
So any member here kind explain me.
Whats the reason when for example ( I give here personal examples at Faro, Portugal with for instance Ryanair), a ryr flt inbound to Faro needs to divert to Seville, Malaga or Lisbon, they only stay there for about one hour or less, and they always send pax by road bus, when the respective plane returns empty/ferry to Faro with only crew...?
Are not the leasing of a bus more expensive?
If the plane it's returning to the first airport what's the reason and sense of this?
When vice versa occurs it's also the same, regarding the airports in cause.
I fully understand when airline ops demands plane to take off to a different airport of the pre-planned destination, no other option would be given than alternate transport, but when, and I must emphasize, *When*, aircraft is returning empty to the same planned destination airport, why the hell they sent pax by bus instead of simply take them on a empty plane having the the very same destination of one leased bus or more buses?
It doesn't make me any sense at all, IMHO...
Peace ✌️
Last edited by JanetFlight; 13th Feb 2024 at 02:22.
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One obvious answer is that, at the time the diversion occurs - whether technical, weather-related or whatever - there is often no way to predict how long the situation that prompted the diversion will last, so it's only prudent to make alternative arrangements to get the pax to their planned destination by alternative means.
If after diverting, the weather then suddenly clears at the original destination, or the technical problem turns out to have a quick fix, well the bags have already been offloaded and ground transport ball is already rolling ...
If after diverting, the weather then suddenly clears at the original destination, or the technical problem turns out to have a quick fix, well the bags have already been offloaded and ground transport ball is already rolling ...
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Even more stupid, I wanted to fly Luton to Edinburgh, however the Edinburgh flight was cancelled and was put on the Glasgow flight with a promise to ground transport back to Edinburgh....so far so good. However after take off the weather at Glasgow meant a Diversion to Edinburgh, and despite pleading with the ground staff, was bussed to Glasgow to catch the ground transport BACK to Edinburgh... Don't think it was even the same bus company
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Even more stupid, I wanted to fly Luton to Edinburgh, however the Edinburgh flight was cancelled and was put on the Glasgow flight with a promise to ground transport back to Edinburgh....so far so good. However after take off the weather at Glasgow meant a Diversion to Edinburgh, and despite pleading with the ground staff, was bussed to Glasgow to catch the ground transport BACK to Edinburgh... Don't think it was even the same bus company
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Unfortunately they took cases and passengers on the Glasgow bus airside at Edinburgh and we collected it kerbside at Glasgow. Had I been hand luggage I would have tried to snuck off
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Even more stupid, I wanted to fly Luton to Edinburgh, however the Edinburgh flight was cancelled and was put on the Glasgow flight with a promise to ground transport back to Edinburgh....so far so good. However after take off the weather at Glasgow meant a Diversion to Edinburgh, and despite pleading with the ground staff, was bussed to Glasgow to catch the ground transport BACK to Edinburgh... Don't think it was even the same bus company
Tks for all your answers, peace, JF.
