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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Drax on 22 Mar, 2020, 01:04:01 pm

Title: Carbon Footprints etc.
Post by: Drax on 22 Mar, 2020, 01:04:01 pm

Looking at flights coming into land this morning I was astonished to see three in a row into Gatwick all from Bridgetown.
Checking the airport departures at Bridgetown, Barbados I see this for yesterday (Saturday) evening, overnight into the UK.

Flight	Departure	Arrival	Destination
Tui Airways	16:50	04:50	LGW	London
British Airways/Iberia	17:05	05:15	LGW	London
TUI Airways	17:30	05:25	BHX	Birmingham
TUI Airways	17:55	06:05	MAN	Manchester
Virgin Atlantic	18:15	06:20	LGW	London
TUI Airways	18:20	06:20	LGW	London
British Airways/Iberia	20:05	08:20	LGW	London
Virgin Atlantic	20:05	08:10	MAN	Manchester
Virgin Atlantic	21:05	09:10	LGW	London

The first 3 aircraft were:
Tui was a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
BA ran a Boeing 727-263
Virgin had an Airbus A330

That's one heck of a load of passengers... if the planes were full !!

nb: There are 6 similar flights today, Sunday into Manchester, Newcastle and 4 to Gatwick.

Title: Re: Carbon Footprints etc.
Post by: frankie on 22 Mar, 2020, 02:36:40 pm

And obviously there will be people fully suited in the blue gowns and masks, with testing kits for every one of the passengers..... :shocked:

Title: Re: Carbon Footprints etc.
Post by: Drax on 22 Mar, 2020, 05:05:06 pm

I didn't know Barbados was so big it warranted 10 flights to Gatwick over a weekend and 5 into Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham. All of them labelled as "Scheduled" at Bridgetown Departures.

Title: Re: Carbon Footprints etc.
Post by: frankie on 22 Mar, 2020, 05:47:21 pm

Maybe they had been rescue flights and were grounded in Jamaica having previously been used to transport stranded holiday makers from the US?

Title: Re: Carbon Footprints etc.
Post by: cagzok on 22 Mar, 2020, 07:04:42 pm

Flights from China,Italy and Iran still being allowed in at Heathrow and Gatwick.

Title: Re: Carbon Footprints etc.
Post by: Marcus on 22 Mar, 2020, 07:30:54 pm

Drax, I read that the PM of Jamaica declared the country a disaster area over a week ago, seeking nurses from Cuba to come to the island. Will that amount of people be screened upon arrival...errm ! Perhaps planes full of cattle will be allowed in following Cummings "herd" policy.

Title: Re: Carbon Footprints etc.
Post by: frankie on 23 Mar, 2020, 09:43:57 am

I think even Cummings has realised how ridiculous that idea was....  I notice he has been a tad quiet on the subject :laugh: