Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Brussels-Lanzarote-Brussels
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Brussels-Lanzarote-Brussels
Yearly holiday was again to Lanzarote (= Canary Islands), from 1 till 15 july. As usual, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium was the airline.
BRU-ACE, FQ 6532, OO-TCK
Taxiing to RWY 07R with a view on the destroyed hangar:
After take-off, turning right to join our SID towards CIV (Chièvres):
Starting our descend towards Lanzarote, seen from the cabin (interactive movies just ending):
Arrived in Lanzarote, I made a helicopter flight as a birthday present. A great experience, too much pics to post them all.
Underneath is a pic when we were approaching the platform, with a view on this great livery:
Time was passing by so quick again, so after the helicopter flight I made a quick visit to Guiacimeta beach (under the approach path of RWY 03)
Again only 1 picture, way too much to post them all so...:
(A 757 taking off from RWY 03)
After 14 days in Lanzarote, time to get back to Belgium.
ACE-FAO-BRU, FQ 6103, OO-TCK
Because of the high load of our A320 and strong Northern winds all the way to BRU, we had to make a fuel stop in FAO:
Once refueled, we were back in the air for a 2,5 hour flight to BRU:
I hope you enjoyed reading this little report!
BRU-ACE, FQ 6532, OO-TCK
Taxiing to RWY 07R with a view on the destroyed hangar:
After take-off, turning right to join our SID towards CIV (Chièvres):
Starting our descend towards Lanzarote, seen from the cabin (interactive movies just ending):
Arrived in Lanzarote, I made a helicopter flight as a birthday present. A great experience, too much pics to post them all.
Underneath is a pic when we were approaching the platform, with a view on this great livery:
Time was passing by so quick again, so after the helicopter flight I made a quick visit to Guiacimeta beach (under the approach path of RWY 03)
Again only 1 picture, way too much to post them all so...:
(A 757 taking off from RWY 03)
After 14 days in Lanzarote, time to get back to Belgium.
ACE-FAO-BRU, FQ 6103, OO-TCK
Because of the high load of our A320 and strong Northern winds all the way to BRU, we had to make a fuel stop in FAO:
Once refueled, we were back in the air for a 2,5 hour flight to BRU:
I hope you enjoyed reading this little report!
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The reason for the fuel stop is something typical for ACE.Stephen wrote:Is it usual that a A320 must make a fuelstop on a flight ACE to BRU?
At the end of RWY 03 (mostly used for ARR/DEP), there are some mountains obstructing a little bit. The calculations for take-off are based on the power of 1 engine. With a full load of pax (180 pax, we had 176 pax) and lugguage, it's impossible to get airborne with reduced power and to safely avoid the mountains. Another reason was because of the strong winds from the North.
That's the reason why we made the fuel stop.
Also the reason why you'll mostly see flights from ACE first flying to TFS, FUE, ... and than to BRU (so BRU-ACE-TFS-BRU).
Source: captains of Thomas Cook and Jetairfly.