What airline/aircraft to transport Giro d'Italia ?

Arequipa

Hi! The Giro arrives in Dublin tomorrow, after which the riders, teamcars, entourage etc all fly down to Southern Italy.

Any idea what airline/aircraft will fly them down?
Any idea what time they fly at?

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Razor44

i saw a Airbus A310 come in this afternoon, dont know if its still there or it is even related to the Giro

sparrowcar

Razor44 wrote: »

i saw a Airbus A310 come in this afternoon, dont know if its still there or it is even related to the Giro

It is, it will be transporting all the bikes and kit.
Departing Monday morning at 0030

Arequipa

Hi! Thanks for replies.. Is that just a charter or an airline like Alitalia?!

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sparrowcar

Cargo charter company.
ULS airlines cargo based in Turkey.
Flight No: KZU1602
Aircraft A310
REG TCVEL

tricky D

ABR155J Neos
Boeing 737-86N Registration(3001C5)
I-NEOX

Just landed a few minutes ago from Verona looks like it could be a Giro plane.

sparrowcar

tricky D wrote: »

ABR155J Neos
Boeing 737-86N Registration(3001C5)
I-NEOX

Just landed a few minutes ago from Verona looks like it could be a Giro plane.

Funnily enough it's not. Air contractors yellow a/c (EISTA) based in DUB is sick at the moment so that's a hire in to cover some B&S flights.

tricky D

Cheers for that.

B&S ???

lord lucan

tricky D wrote: »

Cheers for that.

B&S ???

Bucket and spade flights.

Razor44

Air contractors flew a md83 in today

sparrowcar

Razor44 wrote: »

Air contractors flew a md83 in today

Yes ECKCX, operated one of their routes as well.

EchoIndia

EC-KCX MD-83 par Irish251, sur Flickr

Arequipa

Thanks! So the bikes, cars etc will be transported in the A310.

Will the ridersd, support crew, journos etc travel on a scheduled flight?

Kenny2012

I believe they are travelling on an A321 & A330.
A330 belongs to Thomas Cook but I have received conflicting reports on the A321 one said FlyNiki the other Thomas Cook. They are departing on Monday morning at 08:00 & 08:30

Madpaddy79

Kenny2012 wrote: »

I believe they are travelling on an A321 & A330.
A330 belongs to Thomas Cook but I have received conflicting reports on the A321 one said FlyNiki the other Thomas Cook. They are departing on Monday morning at 08:00 & 08:30

It's FlyNiki and 330 is Thomascook scandy

Arequipa

Thanks! U guys know your stuff!!

Arequipa

They have a rest day on Monday & the race resumes in Bari on Tuesday..
I thought they would be flying out right after the stage into Dublin tomorrow...!

arubex

Arequipa wrote: »

They have a rest day on Monday & the race resumes in Bari on Tuesday..

Most of the team maintenance vehicles have to go by ferry and then zip across Europe to be in place for the resumption of the event, which is quite a tight schedule when they are departing Dublin tonight.

You should the SIZE of some of the coaches! Some are over 20 tonnes!

gerire

There is a helicopter that follows the race, what happens when they pass the airport coming into dublin.
Know gardai have to be dealing with somethin serious to get it closed. Is this big enough?

gerire

There is a helicopter that follows the race, what happens when they pass the airport coming into dublin.
Know gardai have to be dealing with somethin serious to get it closed. Is this big enough?

tricky D

ATC should be able to work up a 10 or so minute window with no landings. They still could do take-offs with little issue given the current wind direction.

Afaik, they don't need to have the heli overhead all the time. I fairly sure there's an uplink from the motorbikes too as well as from the heli. This uplink gets loaded to the Beechcraft providing top cover. It's ASR251 on flighradar24.com at 23000ft circling all day over the action. Right now it's over Csatlebellingham.

arubex

Helis were AS355s G-NETW and G-NETR operated by PDG - usually on contract to Network Rail in the UK, hence the regs. OSPREY callsigns.

arubex

Viking A333 OY-VKG arriving in Dublin now ( 06:15 ) as VKG9005, presumably as the Giro shuttle.

Nine-abreast in an A330 - just as well those riders are lithe and skinny.

arubex

FlyNiki OE-LEZ inbound now ( 06:45 ) as NLY128F

Cookiemunster

It doesn't have flight or aircraft details, but an interesting article on the logistics of this years Giro. http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/05/moving-the-giro-from-ireland-to-southern-italy/?utm_content=buffer97195&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Arequipa

Thanks for the info!