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ETOPS question

  • 22-05-2013 10:02pm
    #1
    Razor44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭


    Folks, for some reason i only twigged it today, that a Sunwing b738 flew from Quebec to Dublin. i didn't think the 737 800 was allowed to do this? i know BA fly a A318/9 ETOPS to JFK but i didn't think a 738 could something in the same vain. is it etops 120? thus by keeping close to Greenland then Iceland it stay's with in its capability's?

    Sorry if this is a newbie question.


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  • #2
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    737s have been ETOPS capable for a very long time, should an airline want to get ETOPS certified on them. Sun Country used to operate 737s TATL to Gatwick with a fuel stop. I also think ETOPS is required to get to Hawaii from the US mainland.


  • #3
    veetwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭veetwin


    I happened to be talking to a Czech pilot for Travel Service. He was telling me they operate flights from Prague to Cancun during the winter on a 160 seat 737. Roughly 5 hours to the Azores and 7 more to Cancun.


  • #4
    Razor44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭Razor44


    cool thanks, i know they are etops to a point but for some reason i didnt relate this to transatlantic flights! cheers! whoaa 12 hours on a 737...no thanks. no matter how cheap


  • #5
    basill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭basill


    There are differing levels of ETOPS and a load of factors affecting how many minutes this operator could be approved for.


  • #6
    omega man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,999 ✭✭✭omega man


    It may well have flown a non etops routing i.e., within 60 minutes of an adequate airfield.


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  • #7
    Razor44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭Razor44


    omega man wrote: »
    It may well have flown a non etops routing i.e., within 60 minutes of an adequate airfield.

    thats what i was wondering, via greenland-iceland-ireland.


  • #8
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    veetwin wrote: »
    I happened to be talking to a Czech pilot for Travel Service. He was telling me they operate flights from Prague to Cancun during the winter on a 160 seat 737. Roughly 5 hours to the Azores and 7 more to Cancun.

    The same company also operate 737's to Bangkok from both Prague and Budapest with a fuel stop-over in Dubai.


  • #9
    Fabio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Fabio


    That's got to be rough going comfortwise! Although it shows that Ryanair could do if they wanted.


  • #10
    Razor44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭Razor44


    Fabio wrote: »
    That's got to be rough going comfortwise! Although it shows that Ryanair could do if they wanted.

    ugh ryanair transatlantic....you get there but would prob need two days to recover!


  • #11
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    Razor44 wrote: »
    Folks, for some reason i only twigged it today, that a Sunwing b738 flew from Quebec to Dublin. i didn't think the 737 800 was allowed to do this? i know BA fly a A318/9 ETOPS to JFK but i didn't think a 738 could something in the same vain. is it etops 120? thus by keeping close to Greenland then Iceland it stay's with in its capability's?

    Sorry if this is a newbie question.

    According to wikipedia they have a range of 6,340 miles much more than the United airlines 757s.


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  • #12
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    Razor44 wrote: »
    thats what i was wondering, via greenland-iceland-ireland.

    They dont do that. They go straight across ryanair ferry planes from seattle straight to dublin nonstop.


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