Why Do Thomson Airlines Go Via Dublin To Gran Canaria From East Midlands ?

[YG55]

Asking for a relative ... when he flies from East Midlands Airport to Gran Canaria, why do Thomson go via Dublin without even landing there ?

[237SJ]

Well, they would be crossing a very busy air corridor from the UK to the US and I hate to say this but no, that wouldn't be a problem because aircraft can just fly at different altitudes to avoid other traffic.

[Zacs-Master]

Flight path of an aircraft flying from Lanzarote to Manchester:
http://i67.tinypic.com/1zp6xzp.png

[Zacs-Master]

Try again :
[IMG]http://i67.tinypic.com/1zp6xzp.png[/IMG]

[237SJ]

Try again - you know Google is your friend!

[Zacs-Master]

Grrrr
http://tinypic.com/r/1zp6xzp/9

[Zacs-Master]

Stupid stupid stupid

[Zacs-Master]

I give up. What's that other image hosting site that Chris mentioned?

[237SJ]

I like the pictures of the cats though

[Zacs-Master]

Ha! Are they Irish ?

[RobNorth]

Some years ago on a shuttle from Heathrow to Newcastle, the pilot announced "we are under military control today, so we are way over west, if you look down you will see Manchester" - so it's not as simple as we might think.