Strange visitors to LHR - Diverts?

[TCX69]

Just been looking through lhr-lgw.co.uk and noticed in the 'First Visitors' section that the following flights had come in:

22Feb
AFR374 AF374 FGZCF A332 KDTW 1631 209 27R
AFR374 AF374 FGZCF A332 LFPG 1341 209 27R

27FEB
BER1005 AB1005 DABGQ A319 LEMD 0947 RS1 27L
BER106F AB106F DABGQ A319 EDDS 1134 RS1 27R

03MAR
TOM1KW BY9006P GOOPE A321 EGKK 2237 338 27R
TOM55C BY055C GOOPE A321 GCTS 1927 338 27L

Presumably the AF was a divert, but Air Berlin and Thomson Airways?!!

[ukdean]

Good chance the A330 was not a divert and may have been a swap with a 777 on the Washington sector (think its Washington or is it LAX).....Same thinking as you thoe with the others...

[Tuckerr]

The TOM55C diverted into LHR due to Windshear at Gatwick on the 3rd of March if that helps.

[Skipness One Echo]

Good chance the A330 was not a divert and may have been a swap with a 777 on the Washington sector (think its Washington or is it LAX).....Same thinking as you thoe with the others...

Wrong. Air France long haul on LHR-LAX was dumped in favour of a JFK that has never appeared in the booking engines. So looks like a divert as the routing is Detroit-Paris.....

[Geezers of Nazareth]

... and last year I saw an Air Berlin flight in Heathrow doing a football charter (bought the team and some supporters over, I believe). Was there a big 'european' game that night?

[AircraftOperations]

Ignoring all other operational factors, what are the landing costs at LHR compared to other London Airports?

[david.craig]

It would be interesting to see the difference in landing fee's at LHR compared to a similar type at Stansted and Gatwick

[captain_flynn]

From what I heard the Air France was actually a medical diversion.

Just out of interest, why did the TOM divert to LHR and not somewhere else like Luton? I've never known them to use LHR as a divert before.

[MrFixer!!!]

The AF 330 was a tech problem on Paris to Dallas flight, F/O ND blanked and the crew decided to divert to LHR instead of crossing the Atlantic with only 1 ND!!!

[HeathrowAirport]

Is it not £20 per gross ton at Heathrow? Something per tonne, cant remember sorry.

Thomson at Heathrow, thats must have been funny. Imagine sitting there watching all the BA aircraft come in and you see 3 EasyJet A319s landing and then a Ryanair.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

<<F/O ND blanked >>

What's that in English please?

[sickBocks]

Right Navigation Display (Map) disappeared

[MrFixer!!!]

Thanks Sickbocks,

and sorry, since you are HEATHROW DIRECTOR, I thought you would know,

not just the Map, the whole display unit packed up!!!

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Wow. OK.. thanks. I've spent a lifetime in aviation but never heard of "ND" before.

[MrFixer!!!]

Well you have now!!!

Its Navigation Display in Airbus Language!!!!

[Brain to Automatic]

Air France long haul on LHR-LAX was dumped in favour of a JFK that has never appeared in the booking engines. So looks like a divert as the routing is Detroit-Paris.....

From memory the LHR - JFK is operated as a codeshare on DL metal.

[Skipness One Echo]

In the initial press release when LAX was dropped, it was claimed the Air France B777 would return to add more capacity on SkyTeam's LHR-JFK.

[Groundloop]

Its Navigation Display in Airbus Language!!!!

Or in Boeing 757/767 language - Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator (EHSI)!

At least Airbus made SOME THINGS simpler to understand!!!