RE: Charters pulling out….
Well the 738 did struggle onto some of the further destinations and as such had to have constant weather updates en-route and if there was any problem it would divert, re-fuel then continue – i think this happened on a few occasions in 2 years of operation – if the a/c was so heavy does this indicate a full plane to you as we have daily 738 departures by AEA with daily departures to places like Tenerife and Gran Caneria!!!.
The 738 would still be flying at EGNM but for one thing – Britannia AB (Sweden) wanted another 738 and were prepared to do a swap for 752, this would have left BY (UK) with only 1 738 in the fleet, so both were transferred to Sweden in return for 752’s which suited both companies – admittidly it is only full for the high season most popular runs, but i believe it could b better utilised as it spends a lot more time overnight on the ground than the MYT A320 which is nearly on a 100% utilisation rates with 5 or 6 rotations operated by other carrers or W pattern MYT a/c – could this be a sign of a need for a second based a/c??
btw ben it was BY’s 25th anniversary at NM not so long bak
here is a post put on the LBA movements website a couple of years bak: –
30-Aug-00
Due to its wing characteristics (and resulting high landing/take-off speed), thebased Britannia B.737-800 (G-BYNC) is increasingly affected by runway/range restrictions, making it impossible to reach some of its scheduled destinations directly.
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