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3 Ryanair Flights Make Emergency Landings for Low Fuel
Look's like their ‘Minimum Fuel Policy’ Could Have Made Issues Worse. (airnation.net) Mehr...Quick question: Does airports charge the airline a landing fee for fuel stops like this when no passengers disembark?
Not sure how they do it over it Europe, but here in the States you'd be paying regardless unless a previous agreement had been made with the airport authority.
The cost of carrying extra fuel is a LOT less than the cost of a divert - both in money and time. Think what a divert does to the schedule for THAT particular aircraft and crew - everything is thrown off for the rest of their day. And if the crew happens to run out of duty time at their divert location, it gets even worse for everyone involved!
Really, nothing unusual happened here. The crews chose to not make an approach during a thunderstorm. They held for awhile then diverted for fuel.No big deal. It happens every day. If you think every airliner is landing with hours of fuel left in the tanks, think again.