June 14th
jet Blue A320 BUR-SWF (BUR-JFK)
June 14th
jet Blue A320 BUR-SWF (BUR-JFK)
June 15th
Expressjet ERJ-145 BDL-SWF (BDL-EWR)
Some diversions from EWR were a COA 772, 764, 762, and 752. Should have just went to SWF today Gordon.
Indeed I should have... You should have heard me when Josh notified me of the diversions just as I was leaving JFK, my heart literally skipped a beat when I heard Continental 777-200!Originally Posted by njgtr82
To add there was a Southwest 737-700 charter flight inbound from BWI and outbound to SAN.
June 25th
Continental 757-200 CDG-SWF (CO55)
June 27th
Continental 737-800 from DEN (DEN-EWR)
Continental 737-800 from SFO (SFO-EWR)
Northwest CRJ-200 from MSP (MSP-HPN)
I think Continental should move their hub to SWF from EWR!
June 28th
More Continental!
Continental 757-200 BCN-SWF
Continental 757-200 EDI-SWF
Continental 777-200 BRU-SWF
American 757-200 LAX-EWR
jet Blue LAS-SWF
AirTran 717-200 ATL-SWF (RIC)
June 29th
Continental 757-200 BCN-SWF (This flight diverts to SWF so often!)
This is getting upsetting...
Continental 777-200 FRA-SWF
Continental 757-200 LAX-SWF
Expressjet ERJ-135 BGR-SWF
COA and BTA use SWF regularly. COA 121 is almost a daily divert to SWF when ther is any weather at all in the NY area.
June 30th
Southwest 737-700 DAL-SWF
These are two of the diversions that came on the 16th:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1229972/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1229905/L/
I've never had the 'pleasure' of the CO diversion to SWF, but especially with regard to the international longhaul flights, can anyone tell me how long they are typically stuck there until they can go on to EWR? Are the passengers ever allowed off, even into some holding pen area? I'd be pretty upset after a 7 hour CO flight from Europe to have to sit in the aircraft at SWF for several more hours, especially knowing that BA, AF, LH etc. do not seem to have to do this!
They are usually on the ground for about 30-60 mins to take on addl fuel. The reason that this happens is because of the limitations of the 757. BA/AF/LH use 777 and A340s which have the range and allow holding. Since prior to the open skies agreement which was recently agreed to CO doesn't have the luxury of flying into places like LHR but instead have to settle for LGW. The flight that diverts to SWF is usually 121 because it is very close to the fuel burn and minimums even with winglets. A larger a/c could make the trip such as a 767 or 777 but the demand is not there for that type of a/c which is why CO is the only airline that flies from Ireland to EWR.
International passengers are not allowed to deplane as there are no customs for commercial passengers at the airport. Most domestic flights have the passengers deplane and are bussed down to the city. The diversions generally all park around the terminal area but never at the terminal only on the ramp area.
Last August I witnessed an SAS A330-300 which diverted from CPH which was on the ground at SWF for a total of 9 hours. The flight diverted and then the crew clocked out and a new crew had to be bussed up from EWR to fly the aircraft down to EWR. What a mess!
The only foreign heavy carrier that I have seen divert to SWF this year was an Air France A330-200 from EWR (AF18).
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