Originally Posted by pmcg
To operate into LCY an aircraft must be able to make a =>5.5 degree approach. The F70 can do this and as far as I know is approved for LCY.
Indeed it can! According to this page
http://www.lcacc.org/aircraft/index.html air france has operated them into LCY too.
[uber geek]Having looked into this a bit more, LCY assigns an ATM value to each type of aircraft. The F70 is in band A so has an ATM of 1.26, whilst the F50 is in band B so only has an ATM of 0.63. This means the airport is permitted to handle twice as many F50's in a day as they are F70's, but would mean that an airline can't just switch planes at the last minute, lest the airport go over its limits and then everyone is in trouble...
I assume that the higher the ATM, the more expensive the landing fee???[/uber geek]