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BIAC-timetable request

Post by ILS25L »

Goodmorning,
Have been reading the arrivals on the BIAC-site :
Why does the FI1866 from this morning makes a stop at Halifax in Canada (fuel stop ?) ?
06/11 07:55 Varadero FI 1866 12:10
via Halifax
via Cancun
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Post by Flying-Belgian »

It sounds strange to me that a CUN-BRU takes such a northern pattern.

I flew Brussels-Varradero & Puerto Plata - Brussels a few years ago with CTB 763ER and the path was via South Atlantic.

I guess the winds play a decisive role.

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Post by ehamspotter »

I saw that to, and i asking me the same question??? :?:


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Post by killerwhale65 »

hi, don't forget that our planet is not a plane (as in flat, not as in airplane of course :P ), but a sphere.

If you look on the maps that we are used to see, Halifax might seem a little of course, but if you look at specialised maps, you will see that a direct line between CUN and BRU passes really close to Halifax!

You can see that here - and compare it to this one.
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Post by sn26567 »

Flying-Belgian wrote:It sounds strange to me that a CUN-BRU takes such a northern pattern.
I am not surprised at all. In the opposite direction, I flew BRU-CUN with an intermediate stop in Oaxaca, Mexico (code?) on SLR in 1999. The route took us over the American Great Lakes, so even more west than Halifax.
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Post by 744rules »

I don't know the real reason, but I can think of a few reasons why the a/c used a northern route.

- the a/c cannot fly an etops route due technical reasons

- the a/c is weight restricted

- the a/c has to use a northern route due traffic restrictions at that time. Mind the flight has some delay. At the time of crossing the Atlantic, most traffic is going westbound, which means the eastbound fligths have to use a very southern or a very northern route. Nattracks are changed on a daily basis (both eastbound and westbound), and are mostly dictated by the winds (jetstream).

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This morning, it was the BelgiumExel flight from Varadero and Cancun that had something wrong. It was cancelled!

07/11 10:45 Varadero via Cancun HXL 834 B767-300 Cancelled

Any idea why? Did it leave to Cancun in the first place?
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