Christmas Island tender win, maybe….

[markis10]

Looks like they have some issues


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[kpc]

Always a risk of getting stranded at Xch / Cck...even when Va flew the route!

 

[Rabs97]

Christmas Island (YPXM) is located high on top of a tiny island in the middle of the ocean in a region prone to bad weather. Forecasts for the airport show showers, visibility and low cloud well below landing minima, let alone alternate minima. It only has a 2000m runway and is located a long way from the mainland hence performance and payload ability is limited as are alternate options and aircraft capable of operating to that airport. For tech issues like a birdstrike yes they are serious issues and an aircraft will be grounded until deemed safe to fly.

Unless they build a CAT III autoland capable runway for aircraft with much higher fuel capacity they are always going to have these kind of issues. It would have happened with VA as well

 

[CaptJCool]

Looks like they have some issues
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Reminder to not book back to back holidays. I’m sure extra daze on Christmas Hollies would be fabulous