KaaBoom
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ATTN frequent flyers!!
In the old days they just "topped her off".
Now forget it - fuel is heavy and lugging around all that impacts fuel burn.
Now days its calculated to death!! They do your flight - diversion airport distance - throw ya an extra gallon and your hopefully on your way !!!!!!!!!!!
I am wondering if the diversion airport was two hours away or so. In America IMO no plane would circle for two hours- costs way to much money!!
These days.........................
That struck me as it was breaking ...who holds for two hours......................noone!!
I believe it costs them more money to divert. Once they do that, they have an entire extra flight to bring the plane back to where it should be, plus an extra takeoff and extra landing. Thats doubles the cost for fuel. Plus they have to provide hotel rooms for the passengers and crew. It’s way cheaper to stay in a holding pattern for a couple of hours.
I have never been on a flight that was diverted. About five times I have been on flights that were put in a holding pattern. At least two times for more then two hours. One was a one hour flight, that turned into a four hour flight.