Phoenix never had a blackout!
Aug 17, 2003, 9:29 am
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Phoenix never had a blackout!
Today at BA's flight disruptions page:
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...lightops_en_us
it first says:
"As a result of a major power outage in parts of North East USA and Eastern Canada on Thursday evening several flights have been disrupted.
We apologise fully for the disruption which is clearly beyond our control but we are doing all we can to help customers."
So far so good. It affected airports in the NE US and eastern Canada, I completely understand.
But below that:
"As a result of knock-on disruption the following flights have been cancelled:"
And in the chart that follows it shows among the cancelled flights:
BA289
London, Heathrow on 17 August Phoenix on 17 August
BA288
Phoenix on 17 August
London, Heathrow on 18 August
Huh? What in the world do nonstop flights between PHX and LHR (or are they not really nonstop?) have to do with a blackout that never affected any place within a thousand miles of either of these cities?
Did they simply choose this opportunity to sacrifice a low-booked flight to provide another plane/crew for extra "catchup" flights in busier NE US markets or something?
Or is there an unrelated problem today at PHX that they're lumping together with the NE blackout?
[This message has been edited by Stefan Daystrom (edited 08-17-2003).]
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...lightops_en_us
it first says:
"As a result of a major power outage in parts of North East USA and Eastern Canada on Thursday evening several flights have been disrupted.
We apologise fully for the disruption which is clearly beyond our control but we are doing all we can to help customers."
So far so good. It affected airports in the NE US and eastern Canada, I completely understand.
But below that:
"As a result of knock-on disruption the following flights have been cancelled:"
And in the chart that follows it shows among the cancelled flights:
BA289
London, Heathrow on 17 August Phoenix on 17 August
BA288
Phoenix on 17 August
London, Heathrow on 18 August
Huh? What in the world do nonstop flights between PHX and LHR (or are they not really nonstop?) have to do with a blackout that never affected any place within a thousand miles of either of these cities?
Did they simply choose this opportunity to sacrifice a low-booked flight to provide another plane/crew for extra "catchup" flights in busier NE US markets or something?
Or is there an unrelated problem today at PHX that they're lumping together with the NE blackout?
[This message has been edited by Stefan Daystrom (edited 08-17-2003).]
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Aug 17, 2003, 9:44 am
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Don't know but one obvious candidate reason is that there are aircraft which are not in the places where they are supposed to be. If you are short of aircraft you obviously have to make commercial decisions about which flights to operate and which to cancel.
Aug 18, 2003, 8:42 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ScottC:
They say it themselves: As a result of knock-on disruption
This could mean lack of planes, staff or needing that plane for something else...</font>
They say it themselves: As a result of knock-on disruption
This could mean lack of planes, staff or needing that plane for something else...</font>
Aug 18, 2003, 8:54 am
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Isn't the LHR-PHX aircraft an inbound of one of the NYC planes that arrives in the AM at LHR? This would explain why equipment wasn't were it needed to be... That being said, a little odd to not have a spare or a NYC allocated plane still at LHR that could have been used, thus only impacting affected cities.
Aug 18, 2003, 11:59 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NickP 1K:
That being said, a little odd to not have a spare or a NYC allocated plane still at LHR that could have been used, thus only impacting affected cities.</font>
That being said, a little odd to not have a spare or a NYC allocated plane still at LHR that could have been used, thus only impacting affected cities.</font>