QF AT MANCHESTER

Manchester is known for its beutiful weather so it is the first port of call for a lot of diversions! Seriously though the airport routinely handles 747’s so it has the capacity and facilitys for bad days. This was only a fuel stop (Splash and dash) but if this one had to stay we would have to deal with 300+ pax. Most airports would struggle to cope. Some airfield wouldn’t have steps high enough to get on board!.

Rgds Cking

Todays MAN-EWR flight CO21 1 of 2 daily flights diverted to DUB with some sort of tech problem.

And it’s now diverted to Gander after departing DUB! Is the pilot trying to re-enact some vintage MAN-New York services (e.g. Sabena operated BRU-SNN-YQX-New York)?

Well it is proberly down as the A/C diversion feild incase of incedents like this.

Although we’re probably down as the alternate, it’s also because MAN is sort along the way on it’s HKG-LHR sector, so it was presumably advised of holding times, factored in how much fuel it would use, discovered he didn’t have enough to go into a hold and have a spare 30 mins for holding at an alternate but come to MAN directly without too much fuss. The only point of minor interest is that the flight was handled by Aviance and not BA, and that it used gate 31 to park (hands up all those who remember the QF 747 that stayed at MAN for hours and hours parked remotely with some pretty big fall-out in the papers about the lack of handling!)

Why did it stop at Man for? apart from Fuel Which seems odd to stop there.?

James

Well it is proberly down as the A/C diversion feild incase of incedents like this. Nothing big really plane refuelled took off landed at LHR.

Why did it stop at Man for? apart from Fuel Which seems odd to stop there.?

James

Found a pic of her on another forum:

http://www.ukar.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=34;t=24725;st=0;r=1;&#entry315618

Todays MAN-EWR flight CO21 1 of 2 daily flights diverted to DUB with some sort of tech problem.

Ahhh…..QF at MAN, reminicence of the Good Old Days, in the early 90’s, SAA, CX, QF et.al, it sure was a nice period at the old viewing park by the hangars, i miss that place!

Sorry its a Sunday night :p

OH right gotya!!! :p yeah TFS was Great thanks,

But it was in MAN i saw it with my own eyes!!!!!! it was gettin refueled for its flight back down to LHR

I think James is answering an earlier question in the thread about codesharing.

PS How was your week in TFS?

But it was in MAN i saw it with my own eyes!!!!!! it was gettin refueled for its flight back down to LHR

Codesharing refers to a practice where a flight operated by an airline is jointly marketed as a flight for one or more other airlines. Most major airlines today have code sharing partnerships with other airlines, and code sharing is a key feature of the major airline alliances. Info from WiKipedia.

James

silly really.

qf should start routes from man.

Won’t be QF itself, but Jetstar may look at services around 2009 using 787s on a one-stop strategy to take on the likes of EK and SQ who are taking thousands of passengers each month from MAN to Austratlia via their hubs.

QF operated to MAN from 1983ish (possibly 82?) to 1995, but were “encouraged” by BA to withdraw in favour of a very short-lived 737 feeder flight which was abandoned as it was competing with a shuttle service(!). Then we had the dubious slot preserving non-feeding feeder service from a year ago using Flightline.

Indeed it was up in MAN to refuel due to the bad weather in LHR was on its way back from hong kong, jst what you needed after a loong enough day!

Flights were being delayed into LHR due to Bad weather, One of BMI’s 320 out of Glasgow was asking why they had a slot into the row and the answer was due to Severe Thunderstorms

Kevin

It called into MAN for fuel. 🙂

A330-200 – show more respect for your fellow members, or you’ll be falling out with the moderators.

Again……

what exactly is codeshare

NO BECAUSE that is in TERMINAL 2

Woah! Calm down :rolleyes:

how do you get that info?

qf should start routes from man.

Indeed, FBO Web showing it! Wonder if any of our MAN locals catched it?

FlightID: QFA29
Status: FILED
Filed With: LLON – London
Equipment: H/B744/Q
Proposed Departure Time: 1425Z
Departing: EGCC MANCHESTER
Destination: EGLL HEATHROW
Route of Flight: EGCC..HON..WCO..BNN..EGLL/0027
ETA: 1507
Speed: 0399
Altitude: 170

QFA29 is showing as a B744 MAN-LHR at well err now 1425.

It should be Melbourne to Heathrow via Hong Kong, arriving LHR at 1300 but it diverted to MAN for some reason. Also this morning’s two Qantas arrivals into LHR around 6am have been heavily delayed until lunch time.