Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[Aviador]

Discussion thread for Glasgow Prestwick airport near Glasgow for discussions about technical, diversions, delays and cancellations.

 

[red dug]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

BA arent are regular with us but 6 B747s and a 777 from Heathrow yesterday wasnt a bad haul all nightstopped on the north apron

 

[Aviador]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

Welcome back Red Dug, thanks for re joining. Do you know what BA did with the passengers? Did they night stop them too do you know?

 

[SJM]

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The passengers were put up in local hotels overnight and flown down to Heathrow next morning

 

[red dug]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

Welcome back Red Dug, thanks for re joining. Do you know what BA did with the passengers? Did they night stop them too do you know?

Thanks Aviador,as SJM reports pax were put up

 

[Aviador]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

According to the Edinburgh Evening News the flight that diverted in to Prestwick were from Cairo, New York's JFK and San Francisco.

 

[red dug]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

According to the Edinburgh Evening News the flight that diverted in to Prestwick were from Cairo, New York's JFK and San Francisco.

There was also Tokyo,Cape town if my mind serves me right Beijing as well

 

[Aviador]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

Either way it should have brought some valuable copper into the PIK coffers.

 

[Aviador]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

Any of the locals have a list of flights PIK took from GLA and EDI today? By all accounts it sounds like you've had a busy day!

 

[red dug]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

I will sort out a list and post it

 

[red dug]

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Here goes
Easyjet
8RD,463,6TX,785,207,6824,405,067,6878,686Z

Flybe
4GE,6LT

BMI Regional
81MR,1XV,1403

CFE51E
BCY5050
BMI57J
LOG98RB
LOG56HL
KLM43M
UAE27
ICE436
RYR661X
RYR43X
REA3812
6 of the last EZYs landed between 1700 and 1830 due fog at GLA aparently when they cleared runway of snow they obscured edge lights and couldnt do CAT3 apps

 

[Aviador]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

Thanks for posting that Red Dug, It must have been fun to watch all the aircraft coming in, probably not so much for for the passengers getting home or the staff working flat out to cope with all the extra movements. Still, it brings a few extra pennies into the airport coffers.

 

[red dug]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

Spot on on all acounts Aviador

 

[Aviador]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

FR9898 Cork 09:40 09:40 DIVERTED TO PRESTWICK

Bad weather divert from Liverpool where I think it's snowing.

 

[Aviador]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

METAR: EGPK 031720Z 20034G50KT 7000 -RA FEW010 BKN022 08/05 Q0994
short-TAF: out of date (19699 hours)
long-TAF: EGPK 031705Z 0318/0418 20030G43KT 5000 RA BKN012 TEMPO 0318/0320 20035G60KT 4000 +RA BKN010 BECMG 0320/0323 26030G43KT 9999 NSW SCT020 PROB30 TEMPO 0400/0406 7000 SHRA BKN014 BECMG 0403/0406 23014KT TEMPO 0407/0418 4000 RA RADZ BKN005 BECMG 0409/0412 20030G48KT

A stormy night ahead for PIK and airports throughout Scotland. There could be some divisions later this evening.

 

[Hull City Fan]

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The following Ryanair flights have been cancelled on Tuesday 24th May 2011 due to the Ash Cloud.

FR655 Glasgow Prestwick Malaga
FR2696 Glasgow Prestwick Palma Mallorca
FR64 Glasgow Prestwick Paris Beauvais

FR656 Malaga Glasgow Prestwick
FR2697 Palma Mallorca Glasgow Prestwick
FR65 Paris Beauvais Glasgow Prestwick

 

[red dug]

Re: Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

Diversions today from LHR
BAW28 B773
BAW212 B772
BAW12 B744
BAW116 B744
BAW98 B744

and VDA7621 IL76 from MAN
All nightstopping

 

[TheLocalYokel]

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Good to see PIK busy like that even though the passengers might not have been so amused.

Like the old days when PIK was an important transatlantic calling point.

 

[Aviador]

Thanks for updating us 'red dug'

As TheLocalYokel has already said, it's great to see PIK so busy. The passengers might not have been amused but I'm sure many will have been glad to be on the ground as opposed to circling Heathrow wishing for a slot to land.

How many parking spots are available for aircraft such as the B744 and B773? The terminal must have been very busy with well over an extra 1000 passengers!

 

[red dug]

The pax had choices of hotel/bus to Glasgow or making their own way home i believe we can easily do 6 the first 3 were deplaned and parked remotely before the last 2 arrived i gather we were expecting 8 in total