Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[Finger66]

Don't gliders thrive on hot air too!

 

[Len Fish]

Gliders At LBA

 

[Scottie Dog]

I know that it's a quiet time of the year and, believe it or not, I do appreciate the wonderful sense of humour that you display, but could we try to keep more to the actual content as in the thread title??
It's only a suggestion

 

[Len Fish]

The humour is just a diversion as in the thread title! Ok, I’ll stop it now.

 

[Finger66]

We mustn't FOGet what causes diversions. Ok I will stop too.......honest guv!

 

[Finger66]

KL1020 departure delayed until 1150. Presumably due low Viz issues at AMS

 

[YorkshireLad]

EI3677/3679 to Belfast both cancelled this evening, as well as EI3395 to Dublin. EI3393 delayed by nearly 2 hours
easyJet flights to Belfast and Paris delayed by over 3 hours - Paris was operated by a flight that was sent in from Milan well after it was supposed to depart to Leeds, Belfast was a victim of the Edinburgh problems causing chaos to the schedule.
Jet2 to Paris delayed by 1h43m, to Cologne returned to stand for over an hour, and was therefore delayed by 1h44m
KL1020/22/24 all delayed by 2-3 hours

 

[White Heather]

EI3677/3679 to Belfast both cancelled this evening, as well as EI3395 to Dublin. EI3393 delayed by nearly 2 hours
easyJet flights to Belfast and Paris delayed by over 3 hours - Paris was operated by a flight that was sent in from Milan well after it was supposed to depart to Leeds, Belfast was a victim of the Edinburgh problems causing chaos to the schedule.
Jet2 to Paris delayed by 1h43m, to Cologne returned to stand for over an hour, and was therefore delayed by 1h44m
KL1020/22/24 all delayed by 2-3 hours

A good day for LBAs bar sales no doubt.

 

[Finger66]

A good day for LBAs bar sales no doubt.

Some of the pax may have got very bitter!

 

[BCFC]

Some of the pax may have got very bitter!

As long as the passengers managed to kept their spirits up that's the main thing.

 

[YorkshireLad]

Another day, another batch of delays

EI-HAY would appear to have gone tech, resulting in EI-ENG positioning in from Brussels CRL as RYR7147 and operating the FR5659 to Alicante with a 100 minute delay. In the upside, looks like EI-EFZ is fixed, and it will position out to Brussels CRL at 12:00 as RYR3693.

Dublin seems to be having a bad day - EI3390/3391 seem to be delayed by 3-4 hours

 

[Statto]

EI3677/3679 to Belfast both cancelled this evening, as well as EI3395 to Dublin. EI3393 delayed by nearly 2 hours
easyJet flights to Belfast and Paris delayed by over 3 hours - Paris was operated by a flight that was sent in from Milan well after it was supposed to depart to Leeds, Belfast was a victim of the Edinburgh problems causing chaos to the schedule.

The problems yesterday more about the strong crosswinds in Belfast and Dublin yesterday afternoon which resulted in cancellations and diversions across the EI regional network

 

[White Heather]

The problems yesterday more about the strong crosswinds in Belfast and Dublin yesterday afternoon which resulted in cancellations and diversions across the EI regional network

Tonight its our turn. Both the Dublin and Belfast flights by Aer Lingus/Emerald are in the hold, with the Belfast being there half an hour, presumably due to crosswinds being outside limits. (Gusting 39 knots) . Earlier in the day it was fog that caused a divert to LPL. Not a good day for ATR72 ops.

 

[Aviador]

Tonight its our turn. Both the Dublin and Belfast flights by Aer Lingus/Emerald are in the hold, with the Belfast being there half an hour, presumably due to crosswinds being outside limits. (Gusting 39 knots) . Earlier in the day it was fog that caused a divert to LPL. Not a good day for ATR72 ops.

Miserable with fog and rain most of the day then that clears followed by westerly gales. Only in the UK.

 

[Finger66]

I see both ATR's at least managed to grace us with their presence this morning

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I see both ATR's at least managed to grace us with their presence this morning

Its totally the wrong aircraft for routes out of Ireland to the UK, the weather in both countries us just too challenging for the ATR.

 

[Finger66]

Whilst I agree there @LBAYORKIE I fear without ATR ops then the routes wouldn't exist so possibly the lesser of two evils, however frustrating it is

 

[SierraHotel]

E145s or E170s would be a far better proposition.

 

[Finger66]

E145s or E170s would be a far better proposition.

Agreed but also far more expensive to operate which risks the routes becoming unviable. LBA and some others such as MAN and BHX probably could support a jet but other thinner routes probably wouldn't and someone like Emerald will need fleet commonality

 

[SierraHotel]

It's a potential trade off between higher ticket prices v reliability. Having to frequently cancel and or divert ATRs must be costly in itself.