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Didn’t know Iran Air were operating scheduled A330 flights into Manchester. Apparently they started last week. Here’s the second flight, which I watched fly over our house). I’m surprised the flights are allowed considering CV-19 and other political issues.
Handbrake turn on approach too.
Handbrake turn on approach too.
Edited by LotusOmega375D on Saturday 11th July 08:42
A weekly event now it seems: https://ukaviation.news/iran-air-to-start-weekly-m...
I've just watched a Ryanair flight leave Stansted for Perugia. It took off to the South West then turned North, then West again and flew past Buntingford, HItchin and to the North of Luton before heading South then South East actually flying over LHR on it's way.
Why would it take such a circuitous route?
Why would it take such a circuitous route?
Dr Jekyll said:
I've just watched a Ryanair flight leave Stansted for Perugia. It took off to the South West then turned North, then West again and flew past Buntingford, HItchin and to the North of Luton before heading South then South East actually flying over LHR on it's way.
Why would it take such a circuitous route?
That’s the Standard Instrument Departure routeWhy would it take such a circuitous route?
They’re designed to deconflict against other aircraft flying to or from other airfields. Around heathrow for obvious reasons they’re designed to keep things away from the Heathrow RMA until they’re above it.
It would need to head west anyway to go out through Sector 18 (roughly Goodwood to Beachy Head) If it flew SE straight off the bat it would head out into the teeth of the inbound stream that comes up through S17 (Beachy Head to Lydd). The other option is to route out through Dover but that would involve flying North East for a little while to get height on to deconflict against all the inbound traffic through Clayton (S13/14).
Edited by djc206 on Monday 13th July 09:35
djc206 said:
That’s the Standard Instrument Departure route
They’re designed to deconflict against other aircraft flying to or from other airfields. Around heathrow for obvious reasons they’re designed to keep things away from the Heathrow RMA until they’re above it.
It would need to head west anyway to go out through Sector 18 (roughly Goodwood to Beachy Head) If it flew SE straight off the bat it would head out into the teeth of the inbound stream that comes up through S17 (Beachy Head to Lydd). The other option is to route out through Dover but that would involve flying North East for a little while to get height on to deconflict against all the inbound traffic through Clayton (S13/14).
Fascinating thanks, I've never really looked at Stansted departures before.They’re designed to deconflict against other aircraft flying to or from other airfields. Around heathrow for obvious reasons they’re designed to keep things away from the Heathrow RMA until they’re above it.
It would need to head west anyway to go out through Sector 18 (roughly Goodwood to Beachy Head) If it flew SE straight off the bat it would head out into the teeth of the inbound stream that comes up through S17 (Beachy Head to Lydd). The other option is to route out through Dover but that would involve flying North East for a little while to get height on to deconflict against all the inbound traffic through Clayton (S13/14).
Edited by djc206 on Monday 13th July 09:35
alangla said:
Looks like a load of old Easyjet A319s have turned up at Lasham in the last few days - anyone know if this is storage, maintenance or scrap?
Also, looks like more of the BA stuff at Bournemouth is going back to Heathrow which I guess is a good sign.
I understand Easy were keen to offload the 319s soon, anyway, they cost the same to run as the 320s but with fewer seats, so effectively more expensive to operate. The current situation may have accelerated that plan.Also, looks like more of the BA stuff at Bournemouth is going back to Heathrow which I guess is a good sign.
I think the bulk of the BA minibuses came here, so I'd expect as things up they'll take them back. They've rotated a few through, one in, one out, presumably to balance the fleet use, so yep, a good sign if the flow is out now.
alangla said:
Looks like a load of old Easyjet A319s have turned up at Lasham in the last few days - anyone know if this is storage, maintenance or scrap?
Also, looks like more of the BA stuff at Bournemouth is going back to Heathrow which I guess is a good sign.
Yup. I caught sight of a BA narrow-body climbing out of Hurn this afternoon, in the distance as I cycled through Poole. We had the BEA retro-livery A320 (?) on the ground here recently. Not sure if it's still here, but it definitely wasn't among the original batch that were laid up here. So the 'rotation' suggestion seems to make sense.Also, looks like more of the BA stuff at Bournemouth is going back to Heathrow which I guess is a good sign.
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