Movements, Logs & Heads Up

[737 400]

Cargo Air B737-405(SF) LZ-CGV positioned from Leipzig Monday lunchtime to cover duties vice the West Altantic B737-400 between EXT and EMA.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Cargo Air B737-405(SF) LZ-CGV positioned from Leipzig Monday lunchtime to cover duties vice the West Altantic B737-400 between EXT and EMA.

Is that for the Royal Mail?

Looking at the CAA stats table 13.2 shows that EXT handled zero freight in 2018 and 2019, with 7 tonnes in 2017.

 

[737 400]

Is that for the Royal Mail?

Looking at the CAA stats table 13.2 shows that EXT handled zero freight in 2018 and 2019, with 7 tonnes in 2017.

Yes, that's for Royal Mail.

Interesting figures recorded by the CAA, which obviously are not anything like a true reflection of actual total tonnage handled at EXT, if the five weekly Royal Mail flights are included.

Would be interesting to know what criteria the CAA work too, unless someone there has dropped a major faux-pas....

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Yes, that's for Royal Mail.

Interesting figures recorded by the CAA, which obviously are not anything like a true reflection of actual total tonnage handled at EXT, if the five weekly Royal Mail flights are included.

Would be interesting to know what criteria the CAA work too, unless someone there has dropped a major faux-pas....

Thank you.

I should have made myself clearer. Mail is shown in a different CAA table - 16.2

It shows that in 2019 EXT handled 3,363 tonnes of mail. It has been a fairly stable annual tonnage over the past five years - just either side of 3,500 tonnes each year.

A lot of the once dense Royal Mail aviation network was reduced about ten years or so ago leaving some formerly busy Royal Mail airports with nothing. A look at the 2019 mail tonnage for each UK airport that still has such a presence gives the following result (all figures relate to tonnes).

Gatwick 7,640
Heathrow 85,423
London City 759
Luton 801
Aberdeen 1,146
Belfast Int 11,538
Benbecula 24
Birmingham 143
East Midlands 22,041
Edinburgh 22,968
Exeter 3,363
Glasgow 34
Inverness 129
Islay 10
Isles of Scilly (St Marys) 195
Kirkwall 21
Lands End (St Just) 201
Manchester 2,364
Newcastle 3
Prestwick 17
Southampton 37
Stornoway 88
Tiree 41

 

[737 400]

Many thanks TheLocal Yokel for clarifying.

I won't go into details, but not surprising that EXT is sixth in terms of annual tonnage handled for Royal Mail.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Flight start dates - Exeter Airport

www.exeter-airport.co.uk

 

[Severn]

Mon 17 May 2021
A much nicer looking departure board today at EXT:

BHD - Aer Lingus Regional (Stobart Air) - AT72 (EI-FMJ)
EDI - Loganair - E145 (G-SAJC)
GLA - Loganair - E145 (G-SAJF)
NCL - Loganair - E145 (G-SAJI)

 

[superking]

The aer lingus diverted into BHX due medical emergency. There iis confusion weather it carried onto Exeter or returned to BHD,with pax going to Exeter on a coach.

 

[CM.]

The aer lingus diverted into BHX due medical emergency. There iis confusion weather it carried onto Exeter or returned to BHD,with pax going to Exeter on a coach.

It continued to Exeter after. Then operated the flight as normal to Belfast just with a delay.

I would of thought passengers would be on the plane to continue to Exeter as the airline would have to pay costs for the transport there.

 

[Jerry]

A Turboprop's Epic 12,000-Mile Journey From Brisbane To Exeter

A former Virgin Australia turboprop operated an eight segment, ~12,000 mile journey from Brisbane to Exeter. Here's a look at the routing.

onemileatatime.com

 

[TheLocalYokel]

A Turboprop's Epic 12,000-Mile Journey From Brisbane To Exeter

A former Virgin Australia turboprop operated an eight segment, ~12,000 mile journey from Brisbane to Exeter. Here's a look at the routing.

onemileatatime.com

Do we know what its future is?

 

[CM.]

I think maybe Emerald Airways might be having them when they get started up as I believe they are planning to use former Virgin Australia ATR72s but could be wrong.

 

[737 400]

Sunday 19th December 2021 two Ryanair flights for BRS diverted into EXT this afternoon -
FR7227 KRK-BRS operated by B737 EI-EFI
FR8249 FAO-BRS operated by B737 EI-EMD

Both flights continued on from EXT to BRS shortly after 17.15 hrs this afternoon. Reason for diversions to EXT unknown.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Sunday 19th December 2021 two Ryanair flights for BRS diverted into EXT this afternoon -
FR7227 KRK-BRS operated by B737 EI-EFI
FR8249 FAO-BRS operated by B737 EI-EMD

Both flights continued on from EXT to BRS shortly after 17.15 hrs this afternoon. Reason for diversions to EXT unknown.

Fog at BRS. Most got in (so far) but five diverted including two to EXT.