Ba1317y Sht1317
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Ba1317y Sht1317
Just Noticed BA1317Y, scheduled to land at LHR at 02:20, quite weired becuase Ive never seen anything scheduled at stoopid O clock like that.
SHT1317-G-EUPL
Is this a special flight or a scheduled positioning flight? Or something to pick up stranded pax? Last minute?
P.sL: This wasnt a Status as in a late expected time etc it was Scheduled to land at 02:20 as filed.
SHT1317
EGPF..NGY..DCS.UN615.LAKEY..NUGRA..EGLL/0049
ACTIVE 0016Z
SHT1317-G-EUPL
Is this a special flight or a scheduled positioning flight? Or something to pick up stranded pax? Last minute?
P.sL: This wasnt a Status as in a late expected time etc it was Scheduled to land at 02:20 as filed.
SHT1317
EGPF..NGY..DCS.UN615.LAKEY..NUGRA..EGLL/0049
ACTIVE 0016Z
Last edited by HeathrowAirport; 8th Jul 2009 at 01:22. Reason: P.s
'nough said
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Looks like it was a late arrival (original STA 21:55) - see Track Flight Status for (BA) British Airways 1317 for info. Not sure what the "Y" stands for though...
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BA1317 is actually the 20:30 Aberdeen to Heathrow flight, so I'm guessing something went u/s and/or pax maybe bussed down to Glasgow to get the flight for whatever reason, or maybe it diverted into Glasgow en route....
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Some airport systems strugle with flights that are delayed into the following day from that which they were originally scheduled to operate. When this happens, it is often standard practice to delete the original flight record and reinsert it with a new scheduled time on the actual day of operation - the 'Y' suffix indicates that it was originally scheduled to arrive yesterday.
This can be helpful for very long delays where you end up with yesterday's flight operating very close to today's one. Without seeing the scheduled date, it may be quite confusing to decipher:
BA1234 1200 New York Expected 1005 (Yesterday's one, delayed)
BA1234 1200 New York Expected 1147 (Today's one, on time)
So where you see the Y suffix, it will most often be a flight that is delayed from the previous day.
This can be helpful for very long delays where you end up with yesterday's flight operating very close to today's one. Without seeing the scheduled date, it may be quite confusing to decipher:
BA1234 1200 New York Expected 1005 (Yesterday's one, delayed)
BA1234 1200 New York Expected 1147 (Today's one, on time)
So where you see the Y suffix, it will most often be a flight that is delayed from the previous day.
'nough said
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There you go, proof that you learn something new every day - I shall now use that method for things that I should have done earlier: washing upyy, clean the caryyyyyyyy etc 
