Gregory's Server@docpop There was an airliner once that flew empty from Stansted to Cambridge each evening and then back to Stansted in the morning. Because, we were told, the fuel to do this - never mind the carbon cost! - was cheaper than the parking at Stansted.
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 @ellenor2000 @docpop I've been in a 747 which did (at the end of a transcontinental flight) a short hop from somewhere like Dusseldorf to Paris with maybe a dozen people left on board. I've never seen a rate of climb like it! - I'm slightly surprised that the SID allowed it! Yes, that 757 (IIRC) could almost certainly not have taken off from Cambridge fully laden with fuel and passengers. Empty isn't a problem.  @TimWardCam @docpop while the corona lockdowns were going on companies still operated most of their planes because if they did not use their start&landing spots they would have lost them. :thisisfine: |
@TimWardCam @docpop Empty airliners can get phenomenal performance taking off with only enough fuel for a short repositioning flight, or they can reduce engine power and have the same flight performance. So it's not unbelievable that a spot of kerosene would be cheaper thas parking - you don't need much when the plane is basically an overgrown Cessna Skyhawk.