Originally Posted by
mmogdan
Curiously BA also have longer short haul turnaround times. EZY seem to use 30 minutes and Ryanair 25 minutes. One would assume the turnaround times are also padded, or does BA do anything that the others don’t which requires the extra time ?
Turn times cover the time needed to clean and restock the aircraft and they also need to fit in with the take-off slots the airline has bought/had allocated. So sometimes the ground time is longer than you'd expect.
All airlines will have a minimum turn time that they think is achievable to meet the service standard they are aiming to provide.