Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[Kevin Farnell]

Thanks for the replies to my post regarding charging rowdy passengers with landing fees etc.
One reason behind my statement, was that in the past I'm sure I've read of people smoking on board a UK registered aircraft (usually in the toilet) being told they will be charged with the landing fees if the aircraft is forced to divert.
I'm unsure if this would fall into the category of endangering an aircraft or whether it's part of an airlines terms and conditions at point of ticket sale (for the record, I'm a total non smoker, having never put a cigarette to my lips).

We don't gaol debtors any more in this country as they did in Dickens' day.

Great to see the correct English spelling of gaol, rather than the often used US version 'jail'.

Regards

Kevin

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Monday 2 October 2017

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/diverted-thomas-cook-flight-strands-572990

TCX diversion - a delayed Antalya to Stansted was diverted into BRS at 0200 because the STN runway was closed overnight for repairs and BRS was allegedly the nearest available airport.

Apart from a long coach journey back to STN passengers reportedly had to wait three hours for the coaches to turn up at BRS. Some not very happy people!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Tuesday 10 October 2017

Two Ryanair cancelled today - apparently because of French ATC industrial action.

Palma and Alicante

Inbound morning Brussels (bmi regional for Brussels Airlines) also shown as cancelled although the outbound earlier in the morning shown as departed.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Tuesday 10 October 2017

Two Ryanair cancelled today - apparently because of French ATC industrial action.

Palma and Alicante

Inbound morning Brussels (bmi regional for Brussels Airlines) also shown as cancelled although the outbound earlier in the morning shown as departed.

Ryanair also cancelled Malaga and Faro.

easyJet cancelled a Belfast Int, Newcastle, Palma, Porto and the last Edinburgh of the day, presumably all because of the French ATC. The easyJet flights were the last of the day so presumably a knock-on effect from earlier on.

The poor passenger is not only severely inconvenienced but because the cancellations are outside the control of the airlines can get very little back in compensation.

Having had a reasonably trouble-free summer it seems odd that they French are up to their nonsense again at this time of year. The irony is that no flights to/from France itself from/to BRS appear to have been cancelled.

The French ATC seem to have been striking/'working to rule' for so long I wonder if they remember why they are doing it. Perhaps it's just become an addiction that they can't shake off.

 

[kraktoa]

The french ATC strike yesterday was a cvil service wide strike action against Macrons plans to reduce their civil service numbers by millions. Nt specific to ATC demands as has been the case before. But hey...any excuse to strike.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

The french ATC strike yesterday was a cvil service wide strike action against Macrons plans to reduce their civil service numbers by millions. Nt specific to ATC demands as has been the case before. But hey...any excuse to strike.

I suppose many of us now raise our eyebrows in resigned frustration when the French embark on the latest round of industrial action and say, "It's France. It's what they do."

Thursday 12 October 2017

Ryanair FR3775 due BRS from Malta at 0955 returned to the island following a warning light on the flight deck. Another aircraft was reportedly used to bring the delayed passengers to BRS and it landed at 1546. The return to Malta due to depart BRS at 1020 was also delayed.

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/possible-minor-technical-issue-forces-615072

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Monday 16 October 2017

The remains of Hurricane Ophelia will threaten the UK and Ireland with the latter expected to be particularly hard hit.

Thus far the following inbounds to BRS from Ireland have been cancelled, as have the reciprocal outbounds:

EI 3842 from Cork due at 1225
EI 3284 from Dublin due at 1515
EI 3286 from Dublin due at 1840

The following Irish flights are not shown as cancelled (yet, perhaps?)

E1 3280 from Dublin due at 0745
FR 504 from Dublin due at 0755
EZY 444 from Belfast Int due at 0940
EI 3282 from Dublin due at 1145
FR 506 from Dublin due at 1600
EZY 448 from Belfast Int due at 1915
FR 509 from Dublin due at 2045
EZY 449 from Belfast Int due at 2245

 

[Foxlimayankee]

Forecast for tomorrow
ORK: From 0800 Wind 35kts gusts 50kts, increasing from 1000 to 40-48kts with gusts up to 70kts
DUB: From 0800 Wind 15kts gusts 26kts, increasing from 1100 to 25-35kts with gusts up to 40-50kts
BRS: From 1000 Wind 23kts gusts 35kts, possibly 28kts with gusts up to 45kts. 200deg/190deg - Crosswinds?
CWL: From 1000 Wind 25kts gusts 35kts, possibly 30kts with gusts up to 45kts. 180deg/220deg - Crosswinds?

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Forecast for tomorrow
ORK: From 0800 Wind 35kts gusts 50kts, increasing from 1000 to 40-48kts with gusts up to 70kts
DUB: From 0800 Wind 15kts gusts 26kts, increasing from 1100 to 25-35kts with gusts up to 40-50kts
BRS: From 1000 Wind 23kts gusts 35kts, possibly 28kts with gusts up to 45kts. 200deg/190deg - Crosswinds?
CWL: From 1000 Wind 25kts gusts 35kts, possibly 30kts with gusts up to 45kts. 180deg/220deg - Crosswinds?

When I saw the thick arrows and wind direction for tomorrow shown on the BBC News 24 weather forecast this evening I thought they had the real potential to cause trouble across west-facing runways around the Bristol Channel coast.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Monday 16 October 2017

More cancellations today to/from Ireland because of the remains of Hurricane Ophelia.

A decision to cancel these flights (including reciprocal outbounds) was taken last night:

EI 3842 from Cork due at 1225
EI 3284 from Dublin due at 1515
EI 3286 from Dublin due at 1840

The following additional flights (including reciprocal outbounds) have been cancelled today:

EI 3282 from Dublin due at 1145
FR 506 from Dublin due at 1600
EZY 448 from Belfast Int due at 1915
FR 509 from Dublin due at 2045
EZY 449 from Belfast Int due at 2245

These early flights (including reciprocal outbounds) did operate:

E1 3280 from Dublin due at 0745
FR 504 from Dublin due at 0755
EZY 444 from Belfast Int due at 0940

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Friday 27 October 2017

bmi regional morning Frankfurt rotation cancelled today.
easyJet Pisa rotation cancelled today.

I don't know why. Pisa Airport seemed to be accepting arrivals this morning from elsewhere.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Friday 27 October 2017

bmi regional morning Frankfurt rotation cancelled today.
easyJet Pisa rotation cancelled today.

I don't know why. Pisa Airport seemed to be accepting arrivals this morning from elsewhere.

Further to the above, bmi regional also cancelled the afternoon Paris CDG rotation today.

There is also a post on the CWL thread saying that EZY446 from BFS, due BRS at 1550, diverted to CWL. Reason not known.

 

[Jerry]

Someone suggested on Facebook there was a problem with the runway? Anyone know if that is true?

 

[NOSIGWX]

Someone suggested on Social Media there was a problem with the runway? Anyone know if that is true?

Turned up at a busy time without enough fuel to hold, so diverted to Cardiff for a quick re-fuel before making the short hop back to BRS.

 

[Jerry]

Turned up at a busy time without enough fuel to hold, so diverted to Cardiff for a quick re-fuel before making the short hop back to BRS.

Without enough fuel from Belfast?

 

[NOSIGWX]

Without enough fuel from Belfast?

Yep, there was about a 25 minute delay.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Sunday 29 October 2017

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-fire-crews-called-bristol-698331

Two flights, EZY 406 from Glasgow and EZY 6186 from Rome FCO, were diverted to CWL during the early evening of Sunday following an incident with a light aircraft at BRS where a warning light was displayed. Fire Brigade was in attendance.

Other aircraft were delayed meaning the return easyJet flight from Paris CDG yesterday evening was postponed until this morning because the crew was out of hours. The two diverted flights returned to BRS with their passengers.

Note

Trinity Mirror still haven't got a picture of the current BRS. The one shown illustrating their article shows a Continental 757, last seen at the airport in 2010.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Monday 20 November 2017

bmi regional BM1826 from Frankfurt due at 1540 diverted to Exeter

bmi regional BM1827 to Frankfurt at 1635 was cancelled as was the return BM1828 due at 2045 - presumably a knock-on effect of the earlier FRA being diverted.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Tuesday 21 November 2017

Several KLM cancellations today according to the BRS website arrivals/departure boards. A look at the AMS boards shows a number of cancellations today at Schiphol.

KL 1052 due to depart at 1345 is shown as cancelled although the inbound KL 1051 is shown as having landed at 1439 hours (84 minutes late)

KL 1053 due in at 1650 is shown as cancelled as is its return working due to depart as KL 1054 at 1720.

KL 1057 due in at 2145 is shown as cancelled but its return at 0615 tomorrow (KL 1046) is not shown as cancelled with the comment 'self service check-in'.

The KL flights that did operate were the 0615 KL 1046 and 0905 KL 1050 departures together with the 0835 KL 1049 arrival.

The cancellations at AMS today did not include the morning and evening easyJet BRS rotations that both operated as normal.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

ATC systems outage causing knock on effects to most of the KL operation. Guess the 1051 aircraft has stayed overnight to operate this morning