Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[TheLocalYokel]

Wednesday 30 December 2015

Some diversions/cancellations presumably due to the very strong winds (direction seems to be creating a high crosswind component at times) and also weather conditions in Ireland.

Ryanair* FR 504 due from Dublin at 0740 diverted to Cardiff (the return operated from there according to the BRS website)

Aer Lingus Regional (Stobart) EI 3280 due from Dublin at 0800 cancelled

KLM Cityhopper KL 1049 due from Amsterdam at 0845 diverted to Cardiff (the return was cancelled according to the BRS website)

Aer Lingus Regional (Stobart) EI3842 due from Cork at 1215 cancelled

* Interesting that this Ryanair diverted to CWL. This airline usually goes to BHX when conditions prevent them landing at BRS

The gale force winds and continuous heavy rain that have been the lot of the area all morning and predicted for much of the afternoon have not, so far, caused any further diversions or cancellations.

A bmi regional ERJ from Aberdeen managed to land between the two early diversions to CWL (from DUB and AMS).

Can't be very pleasant though for passengers battling their way out to or from aircraft in these conditions.

 

[kraktoa]

Talking of diversions.

Are airports categorised according to the type of diversions they can handle. Is there a system whereby airports are categorised as 1,2,3 etc. Is there some sort of standard which sets the type of diversions an airport can take or is obliged to take.

 

[superking]

can confirm the fr flight to dublin had pax coached over from brs.the klm operated back to ams empty. they were both diverted to cwl.

 

[superking]

Talking of diversions.

Are airports categorised according to the type of diversions they can handle. Is there a system whereby airports are categorised as 1,2,3 etc. Is there some sort of standard which sets the type of diversions an airport can take or is obliged to take.

there is no set pattern for diversions to another airport.
there are many points.the runway has to be big enough to take diversions,then apron parking is another,
another is is there handlers to off load baggage.
another is is there security on site and immigration.
another is road transport to get pax back to airport they were supposed to have landed before diversion.
i think i have got the major points for aircrafts diverted to another airport.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Just to add to superking's explanation, there are often comments on another aviation message board that MAN won't usually take diversions unless it's an emergency.

The reason I mentioned Ryanair diverting to CWL when they invariably go into BHX if they can't get into BRS is that Ryanair is now back at CWL with its weekly TFS route. This route has been operating for over a year but, until today, I can't remember reading that any FR BRS diversions went there since the airline returned to CWL. I can certainly recall a number of FR diversions diverting to BHX in the past year.

I wonder if Ryanair will now take CWL as its first diversionary airport when it can't operate into BRS.

As for today's flight, according to the South Wales Aviation Group's website the aircraft landed at CWL at 0750 but did not return to DUB from there with its passengers bussed from BRS until 1149. This means it was on the ground at CWL for four hours, less one minute.

Given that only the morning FR DUB and morning KLM AMS diverted (the two EIR flights that were cancelled seemed to be the victims of the weather in Ireland itself) and several other aircraft landed at BRS before 1000 hours, including one just half an hour after the Ryanair had diverted, with hindsight things would have been quicker if the inbound Ryanair had waited at CWL for a short while before hoping over to BRS with its passengers.

 

[kraktoa]

I recall a mention by a senior BRS manager that BRS is a designated divert airport for EZY. I presumed that they have an agreement with EZY that they will accept their diverts. I assume that there must be some financial bindings too.

I wonder if any airport can realistically refuse an emergency divert.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I recall a mention by a senior BRS manager that BRS is a designated divert airport for EZY. I presumed that they have an agreement with EZY that they will accept their diverts. I assume that there must be some financial bindings too.

I wonder if any airport can realistically refuse an emergency divert.

I suppose if it's an emergency no airport would refuse. Whether that would apply if all stands were full I'm not sure. Perhaps it depends on the nature of the emergency and any realistic alternative diversionary airport.

On 11 September 2001 many airports in North America and elsewhere had to park aircraft on taxiways and in fact in any space they could find.

I remember BRS taking easyJet diversions in the past - Gatwick and Stansted flights come to mind.

When Ryanair had a daily Stansted-Newquay service it sometimes only got as far as BRS presumably because of weather at NQY.

 

[superking]

seen ircraft in the past in brs parked on taxiways and also the taxiway from runway 09. i went up to winters lane to have a look. any space that could take an aircraft they filled it. that was a few years ago now,and all because all airports round london were closed due to fog.if i remember correctly brs was the only airport open in the whole south west and wales.its never been seen like that since as technoligy has advanced.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Thursday 7 January 2016

The evening bmi regional from Aberdeen is showing as cancelled on the BRS website. Presumably this is because the ABZ runway has been closed following the discovery of a hole in it.

However, the BRS website shows the outbound to ABZ earlier in the evening as departed. I wonder where it went.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/ ... _1_4219037

Further to my previous post, it's now been reported that a man has been charged with 'making a bomb hoax in my opinion' and appeared in court today.

(Above is my post of 6 September 2015)

At Bristol Crown Court this week the perpetrator was sentenced to two and a half year's imprisonment.

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Hoaxer-tex ... story.html

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Tuesday 26 January 2016

The Ryanair Tenerife rotation (FR4753/4) was cancelled today. Was this in anticipation of bad weather? It turned out not to be quite as severe as the forecast suggested

No other flights appear to have been cancelled at BRS today.

 

[ezy_brs]

Hello All! The reason for the cancellation was due to our lovely French cousins throwing their toys out of their proverbial prams and striking yet again. So in anticipation Ryanair cancelled this and about 225 flights yesterday across their network. The strike actually didn't have that much of an impact and easyJet operated a near-normal schedule with just a couple of relatively small slot delays.

Hope this helps!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Thank you for that, ezy_brs

Friday 29 January 2016

EI 3280 scheduled from Dublin at 0800 was cancelled as was the return flight. Not sure if this was weather-related in Ireland although Ryanair from DUB, due 0740 arrived at 0748 one assumes without problems.

 

[superking]

Thank you for that, ezy_brs

Friday 29 January 2016

EI 3280 scheduled from Dublin at 0800 was cancelled as was the return flight. Not sure if this was weather-related in Ireland although Ryanair from DUB, due 0740 arrived at 0748 one assumes without problems.

the cancelled rotation was weather related in dublin.
biggest part of eir programe was cancelled to other uk airports as well.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Sunday 31 January 2016

Three diversions shown at lunchtime today.

Ryanair FR 8122 from Malaga due 1135 diverted to Birmingham

easyJet EZY 6052 from Malaga due 1235 diverted to Cardiff

Ryanair FR 506 from Dublin due 1335 diverted to Birmingham

During this period about ten other aircraft landed so I don't know why these three should have diverted.

easyJet EZY 6296 from Innsbruck due 1210 is currently showing a lengthy delay with an eta at 1910.

 

[superking]

ezy 6052. reg no g ezgd
diverted to cwl. on the ground over there about 90 minutes. it returned to brs as ezy 9005
pax bussed over to brs. i bet the plane beat the pax back,if not not much difference in time.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Sunday 31 January 2016

Two more aircraft were diverted later in the day.

bmi regional BM 1846 from Munich due 1710 diverted to Cardiff

Thomas Cook TCX 7017 from Arrecife due 1810 diverted to Cardiff

easyJet EZY 6296 from Innsbruck due 1210 previously showing a lengthy delay is now shown as cancelled.

 

[ezy_brs]

I can explain the Innsbruck. Left BRS on schedule, made an approach to INN then diverted to Munich. Waited an hour or so on the ground in Munich, refuelled then departed with passengers on back to Innsbruck. Couldn't make it in again so this this time diverted to Salzburg. easyJet then decided to bus the passengers from and to Salzburg from Innsbruck and the flight then operated from Salzburg.

With regards to the diverts, it is a case of those particular aircraft being on approach at an unfortunate time.
BRS suffered from hill cloud yesterday and as a result visibility was around the 300 metres to 600 metres mark all afternoon and there was a strong mean 30 knot headwind but on some occasions it was around 35 knots. Yes the airport and most aircraft have full weather landing capabilities but the onboard computers can only cope with with speeds 35 knots or less. Sometimes the gusts were around 45 knots so the onboard computers were unable to cope with the wind speed fluctuations quickly enough. Those that landed ok had clear enough visibility and low enough wind speeds that the auto land could cope with it. Oth

Kind regards

EZY

 

[kraktoa]

Sunday 31 January 2016

Two more aircraft were diverted later in the day.

bmi regional BM 1846 from Munich due 1710 diverted to Cardiff

Thomas Cook TCX 7017 from Arrecife due 1810 diverted to Cardiff

easyJet EZY 6296 from Innsbruck due 1210 previously showing a lengthy delay is now shown as cancelled.

Arrecife returned to BRS at 19:00 hrs. Passengers could not deplane until 19:40 due to strong gusts making the stairs unsteady. Bags delayed too.

 

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