Oct 28, 2013, 2:17 am
Last edit by: Prospero
BA.com is currently advising:
27 October 213 at 23:23 GMT
London Heathrow
We have complied with a request from Heathrow Airport to reduce our flying schedule on Monday 28 October as a result of the severe forecast storms.
The airport has instructed all airlines using Heathrow to reduce their schedules in the following manner on Monday:
All our long-haul flights into and out of London Heathrow are currently planned to operate as normal.
London Gatwick and London City
We currently plan to operate all flights to and from London Gatwick and London City airports as normal.
27 October 213 at 23:23 GMT
London Heathrow
We have complied with a request from Heathrow Airport to reduce our flying schedule on Monday 28 October as a result of the severe forecast storms.
The airport has instructed all airlines using Heathrow to reduce their schedules in the following manner on Monday:
Between 0600 and 1100 a 20 per cent reduction in the schedule has been applied
Between 1100 and 1600 a 10 per cent reduction in the schedule has been applied
Between 1600 and 2230 a 5 per cent reduction in the schedule has been applied
All of the agreed cancellations are for our European and domestic flights at Heathrow, and these have been published.Between 1100 and 1600 a 10 per cent reduction in the schedule has been applied
Between 1600 and 2230 a 5 per cent reduction in the schedule has been applied
All our long-haul flights into and out of London Heathrow are currently planned to operate as normal.
London Gatwick and London City
We currently plan to operate all flights to and from London Gatwick and London City airports as normal.
Amber Weather Warning: High Winds London and South East Sun 27 & Mon 28 Oct
Oct 28, 2013, 1:51 am
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Oct 28, 2013, 1:57 am
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The TAF includes:-
TEMPO 2806/2808 27032G55KT ...
BECMG 2807/2810 27016G28KT
So it should hopefully all be over by lunchtime, bar the clearing up (reminding myself that local time at LHR is now the same as UTC / GMT so I don't need to convert it any more).
TEMPO 2806/2808 27032G55KT ...
BECMG 2807/2810 27016G28KT
So it should hopefully all be over by lunchtime, bar the clearing up (reminding myself that local time at LHR is now the same as UTC / GMT so I don't need to convert it any more).
. The wall to wall news coverage of this 'hurricane' has been rather amusing viewing so far.
Oct 28, 2013, 2:19 am
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Yes, but the BBC were quoting 70mph at 0730 when in reality it was a lot less at that time at LHR and falling.
I remember the 1987 storm and the media comparisons with that are a bit ridiculous. As LTN Phobia said it's BBC scaremongering. I dread to think what the Daily Fail think it was like!
AOTQ
I remember the 1987 storm and the media comparisons with that are a bit ridiculous. As LTN Phobia said it's BBC scaremongering. I dread to think what the Daily Fail think it was like!
AOTQ
Oct 28, 2013, 2:23 am
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Amber Weather Warning: High Winds London and South East Sun 27 & Mon 28 Oct
currently at Boston Manor waiting for tube to reopen. too much faffing around to reroute now. will worry about my flight (conformity is at 9.05) when I get to Heathrow.
... And they've just announced a Heathrow T5 tube will be coming along shortly. So line appears to be reopening.
... And they've just announced a Heathrow T5 tube will be coming along shortly. So line appears to be reopening.
Last edited by Aus_Mal; Oct 28, 2013 at 2:30 am
Oct 28, 2013, 2:32 am
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Amber Weather Warning: High Winds London and South East Sun 27 & Mon 28 Oct
I stepped off CX237 about an hour ago. We held over NE London for a good 40 mins or so, after which the captain announced that the last 5 or 6 LHR approaches had ended up going around, and if conditions didn't improve soon we'd be diverting to MAN. Fortunately we didn't have to, and although our approach into LHR was interesting it certainly doesn't rank amongst my top ten nail biters. Don't know how many flights did have to divert at the peak of it this morning?
Oct 28, 2013, 2:38 am
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Here is today's casualty list out of LHR, as reported on BA.com.
LHR cancelled departures (06:00-11:59 GMT)
BA0774 LHR-ARN 06:30
BA1432 LHR-EDI 06:35
BA0388 LHR-BRU 06:55
BA0332 LHR-ORY 07:05
BA0572 LHR-MXP 07:05
BA0990 LHR-TXL 07:05
BA1370 LHR-MAN 07:10
BA1304 LHR-ABZ 07:15
BA0936 LHR-DUS 07:25
BA0964 LHR-HAM 07:35
BA1324 LHR-NCL 07:35
BA1474 LHR-GLA 07:40
BA1346 LHR-LBA 07:45
BA0007 LHR-HND 08:05
BA0906 LHR-FRA 08:20
BA0342 LHR-NCE 08:25
BA0758 LHR-BGO 08:30
BA0540 LHR-BLQ 08:45
BA1442 LHR-EDI 08:55
BA0512 LHR-MAD 09:10
BA1542 LHR-ORD 09:15
BA0950 LHR-MUC 09:40
BA0588 LHR-LIN 10:40
BA0412 LHR-RTM 10:50
BA0368 LHR-MRS 11:15
BA1550 LHR-RDU 11:40
LHR cancelled departures (12:00-17:59 GMT)
BA1416 LHR-BHD 12:50
BA0314 LHR-CDG 12:55
BA0396 LHR-BRU 12:55
BA0766 LHR-OSL 13:05
BA0732 LHR-GVA 13:20
BA0460 LHR-MAD 13:55
BA1466 LHR-GLA 14:55
BA0316 LHR-CDG 15:15
BA1396 LHR-MAN 15:25
BA0718 LHR-ZRH 15:35
BA1334 LHR-NCL 15:50
BA0746 LHR-SVG 16:00
BA0464 LHR-MAD 16:30
BA0750 LHR-BSL 17:05
LHR cancelled departures (18:00-23:59 GMT)
BA1402 LHR-MAN 18:15
BA1344 LHR-LBA 19:05
BA1456 LHR-EDI 19:15
LHR cancelled departures (06:00-11:59 GMT)
BA0774 LHR-ARN 06:30
BA1432 LHR-EDI 06:35
BA0388 LHR-BRU 06:55
BA0332 LHR-ORY 07:05
BA0572 LHR-MXP 07:05
BA0990 LHR-TXL 07:05
BA1370 LHR-MAN 07:10
BA1304 LHR-ABZ 07:15
BA0936 LHR-DUS 07:25
BA0964 LHR-HAM 07:35
BA1324 LHR-NCL 07:35
BA1474 LHR-GLA 07:40
BA1346 LHR-LBA 07:45
BA0007 LHR-HND 08:05
BA0906 LHR-FRA 08:20
BA0342 LHR-NCE 08:25
BA0758 LHR-BGO 08:30
BA0540 LHR-BLQ 08:45
BA1442 LHR-EDI 08:55
BA0512 LHR-MAD 09:10
BA1542 LHR-ORD 09:15
BA0950 LHR-MUC 09:40
BA0588 LHR-LIN 10:40
BA0412 LHR-RTM 10:50
BA0368 LHR-MRS 11:15
BA1550 LHR-RDU 11:40
LHR cancelled departures (12:00-17:59 GMT)
BA1416 LHR-BHD 12:50
BA0314 LHR-CDG 12:55
BA0396 LHR-BRU 12:55
BA0766 LHR-OSL 13:05
BA0732 LHR-GVA 13:20
BA0460 LHR-MAD 13:55
BA1466 LHR-GLA 14:55
BA0316 LHR-CDG 15:15
BA1396 LHR-MAN 15:25
BA0718 LHR-ZRH 15:35
BA1334 LHR-NCL 15:50
BA0746 LHR-SVG 16:00
BA0464 LHR-MAD 16:30
BA0750 LHR-BSL 17:05
LHR cancelled departures (18:00-23:59 GMT)
BA1402 LHR-MAN 18:15
BA1344 LHR-LBA 19:05
BA1456 LHR-EDI 19:15
Oct 28, 2013, 3:09 am
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currently at Boston Manor waiting for tube to reopen. too much faffing around to reroute now. will worry about my flight (conformity is at 9.05) when I get to Heathrow.
... And they've just announced a Heathrow T5 tube will be coming along shortly. So line appears to be reopening.
... And they've just announced a Heathrow T5 tube will be coming along shortly. So line appears to be reopening.
Oct 28, 2013, 3:16 am
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currently at Boston Manor waiting for tube to reopen. too much faffing around to reroute now. will worry about my flight (conformity is at 9.05) when I get to Heathrow.
... And they've just announced a Heathrow T5 tube will be coming along shortly. So line appears to be reopening.
... And they've just announced a Heathrow T5 tube will be coming along shortly. So line appears to be reopening.
Parts of West London seem to have got it quite bad. A house has been partially demolished in Hounslow and a tree that survived the 87 storm was brought down.
Oct 28, 2013, 3:19 am
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We haven't had even a light breeze in our part of Hampshire throughout the night. Our wind anemometer readings shows a gust of 13mph at 4am. Relieved and suprised.
Oct 28, 2013, 4:29 am
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JER overnight winds were steady 15-20 knots, with gusts to 40-45 at midnight and 0400. We were lucky - there are a lot of old trees here.
Oct 28, 2013, 5:04 am
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http://www.flightradar24.com/2013-10...:19/12x/BAW11J
BAW11J (777) from JFK was the first of a string to go around, followed by a Thai 744, an Air Canada 330, a BA 744, and another BA 777. The Sultan of Brunei's private 747 somehow manages to land, after which the Brunei 777 goes around, and an Etihad which was also in the sequence also goes around.
After that, nothing is sequenced behind the Etihad, and traffic already out of the holds that was positioning for the approach is (rather creatively) routed back to them, and ATC start filling the Bovingdon and Biggin holds up.
SQ 322, TG 910 and AC 856 all divert to Manchester, and there's nothing landing for about 20 minutes until DAL38 is positioned for the approach, followed by the Ethiad that had gone around earlier. They make it down fine, so it's a case of dealing with the backlog...
Interestingly, United chose to tactically run their 0600-0700 arrivals late from origin, to miss the worst of the carnage. This would mean they minimised their risk of go-around and/or divert, and rather than face London with lots of misconnects to re-accommodate, the passengers will have been re-booked or re-routed at point of origin, rather than on arrival at London. For all their other faults, UA's IRROP handling is proactive and mostly good.