Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[Statto]

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.

Not this again, surely

 

[Finger66]

I suspect the cancelled/diverted rate isn't actually as bad as it's perceived as this is perhaps more about frustration. Anyone have any specific figures/percentages for LBA please?

 

[Aviador]

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.

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

And so for that reason it probably is the right aircraft for the job.

 

[jason1-11]

I suspect the cancelled/diverted rate isn't actually as bad as it's perceived as this is perhaps more about frustration. Anyone have any specific figures/percentages for LBA please?

Probably isn't, but every now and then we do get some very poor days with EI. Yesterday for example, Emerald managed to fly absolutely zero passengers from LBA- BHD.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Expect delays and cancellations tomorow on the dub/bhd-lba routes as another deep low pressure is due to arrive.

 

[BCFC]

Has he/she arrived too early or is it the weather?


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[Finger66]

Yes just early, nothing more. Landed at 0701

 

[Aviador]

Has he/she arrived too early or is it the weather?


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This truly shows how Round The Bend the rules are.

 

[Statto]

The airport can carry forward up to 10% of its unused winter movements into summer. It has 1200 night movements allowed in winter, so I guess they are looking to make sure they don’t use 120 of them, so they be carried forward

 

[White Heather]

Given the current outdated and ludicrous movement restrictions I can understand delaying landing until 0700. Why use up a valuable movement for the sake of a couple of minutes? It really is crazy though. And to my knowledge, LBA still havent submitted the application to amend the rules because as usual the Council are slowing the process down.

 

[Finger66]

The way it does make a mockery, as an example, is say the flight lands at 0700 or 0701, it is actually on approach earlier than that so someone still hears it at 0659. We hear stuff going over at 35k around 0500 on the way from US to Europe and those flights don't get stopped - nor would we want them to be. Backward Britain strikes again, especially where LBA is concerned

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Given the current outdated and ludicrous movement restrictions I can understand delaying landing until 0700. Why use up a valuable movement for the sake of a couple of minutes? It really is crazy though. And to my knowledge, LBA still havent submitted the application to amend the rules because as usual the Council are slowing the process down.

Im surprised they come even close to using the Winter quota given the paucity of flights and the early nightime closure thats in place.

 

[Aviador]

Im surprised they come even close to using the Winter quota given the paucity of flights and the early nightime closure thats in place.

Probably because many of the daytime flights are classed "night" flights. As @Finger66 said, backward Britain.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Probably because many of the daytime flights are classed "night" flights. As @Finger66 said, backward Britain.

Only those before 07:00 and after 23:00.

 

[White Heather]

Im surprised they come even close to using the Winter quota given the paucity of flights and the early nightime closure thats in place.

They don't, but the less they use, the bigger the 10% is that can be transferred to the summer. If they didn't operate any night flights in winter they could transfer 120 to summer. If they operate 200 night flights, they only get to transfer 100.

 

[dmrodgers]

We should get ATC to direct the flights to circle of the area where those who sell not be named live. No doubt the CAA would object to this or Leeds City Council would find some little obscure law passed in 1930 stopping aircraft flying over housing.

 

[Yorkieflyer]

Given that it’s sat in the hold burning an awful lot of fuel it makes a mockery of a certain groups environmental concerns doesn’t it

 

[White Heather]

Expect delays and cancellations tomorow on the dub/bhd-lba routes as another deep low pressure is due to arrive.

From what I can see, all Aer Lingus Belfast flights cancelled and only this mornings Dublin operated. The wind in Ireland was seriously bad today, Gusting over 60 knots at Dublin earlier. LBA hasn't been too bad. Its got worse in the last hour, now 200 deg 25 knots. Runway 14 in use.

 

[LBA4EVER]

From what I can see, all Aer Lingus Belfast flights cancelled and only this mornings Dublin operated. The wind in Ireland was seriously bad today, Gusting over 60 knots at Dublin earlier. LBA hasn't been too bad. Its got worse in the last hour, now 200 deg 25 knots. Runway 14 in use.

Yes the centre of the low is just off the north west of ireland and up the west of scotland. Reg here im out and about now and the winds for up altho nothing in comparison to Ireland and Scotland.

 

[YorkshireLad]

EI3391 delayed by over 3 hours this morning despite landing on time. Also G-CMFL positioned in from Dublin as EAI71P, then positioned out to Belfast as EAG72P. Anyone know if these were related?