Thomas Cook and Monarch have been rumbled for using "tango" routes which avoid very busy air traffic control centres around France, Spain and Portugal - The main reason they did this was to slash extra charges on fuel and a saving of about £500 in air traffic control fees per flight.
It's not illegal and they're not doing anything wrong by doing this, but surely to save £99 per flight, it would be easier to fly directly to their destination and not over the atlantic ocean? :eusa_wall - Some airlines work in funny ways.. I've got to say, even Ryanair don't do this - Shouldn't imagine it will be too long before they start doing it though.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7124021.stm
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Thomas Cook & Monarch - rumbled!
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Adam, I do understand this, but i'm sure a lot of people won't! lol.
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They shouldn't read aviation threads then Cody boy
Thats a bit sad.. How much are they worth, and they too stinjy to pay like, £500? lmao.CPU i5 3570 @ 4.2 GHz | Mobo GigaByte Z77D3H | RAM 8GB | GPU AMD Radeon 6870 | OS Win 8 64-bit | HD 1TB HD and 128GB SSD | Wheel Logitech G27
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The total cost they save after paying for the extra fuel is £99 per flight, 20 minutes extra flying time, 1.2 tonnes more fuel - But less congested airspace, so not as many restrictions.. Mmmm!
Originally Posted by G-BOAH
They shouldn't read aviation threads then Cody boy
Thats a bit sad.. How much are they worth, and they too stinjy to pay like, £500? lmao.
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04-12-2007, 07:51 PM #5
I rather fly over the atlantic ocean ;]
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