We often experience that Pegasus cannot land in Basel in bad weather. Pegasus is known here for being in holding mode for an extremely long time in thunderstorms or strong winds (or going into holding mode after a go around) before attempting to land or immediately diverting to another airport, while other airlines and even small aircraft land without problems. It was surprising that Pegasus landed on the first attempt that day in the highest wind speeds of the day. When I saw the storm front coming and saw that Pegasus was approaching, it was actually clear to me that Pegasus would abort the approach and maybe even fly to Zurich or Stuttgart, but it just landed. 🤣
@ Interesting to hear, I know that Turkish airlines Pilots are more like “ Ah let’s just take down the plan doesn’t matter how it ends” like they often slam down the airplane and use little to almost non flair when they land, but in the other hand Pegasus often makes good and smooth landings even in windy conditions here in Stockholm Sweden so it wasn’t surprising for me when I saw that professional Pegasus landing in this video! 😆
@@lattecafe921 Yes, Turkish Airlines, AJet and Sunexpress often land a little rougher here too. But that's not because of the pilots, but because of the aircraft. The harder landings are usually Boeing 737 NGs. Boeing 737s have a strong ground effect because they are very low above the ground, so it's an advantage to land a little harder. In addition, they don't land with full flaps and often already have the fuel for the return flight on board. The strong ground effect is also the reason why Boeing 737-300 to -900ER can use thrust reversal before touchdown (below 10 ft) to break the ground effect and prevent a long float. There are several videos where you can see this clearly, but it is normally forbidden to activate thrust reversal before touchdown. But you can clearly see which airlines often have to deal with storms and which don't. KLM, Ryanair and British Airways often land without problems even in strong storms, while other airlines tend to hesitate and do go-arounds early on. For us, Pegasus is definitely one of those that goes into holding when the windsock moves at the airport. Pegasus has even refused to take off in storms, even when offered to take off against the wind on RWY25. RWY25 is only 1820 m long and that was obviously a reason not to take off there when the 15/33 exceeded the crosswind limits. It was exciting that on that day the A320nei from Pegasus did not want to take off on the short runway. All the others had no problems, including Wizz Air A321s and even a Boeing 737-800 to Antalya with CFM56-7B26, which takes much longer to take off than an A320neo. The best thing with Pegausus was a flight that went straight into holding when there were heavy thunderstorms all day and it flew back to Istanbul from holding in Basel. SunExpress was also in holding for almost 3 hours before landing in Zurich due to a lack of fuel. But the weather in Basel wasn't that bad, even the flight school was still flying. Fun fact, when SunExpress finally flew to Zurich the weather was at its worst. 😅 But there is also a positive side to it! It is better not to take a risk.
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We often experience that Pegasus cannot land in Basel in bad weather. Pegasus is known here for being in holding mode for an extremely long time in thunderstorms or strong winds (or going into holding mode after a go around) before attempting to land or immediately diverting to another airport, while other airlines and even small aircraft land without problems.
It was surprising that Pegasus landed on the first attempt that day in the highest wind speeds of the day.
When I saw the storm front coming and saw that Pegasus was approaching, it was actually clear to me that Pegasus would abort the approach and maybe even fly to Zurich or Stuttgart, but it just landed. 🤣
@ Interesting to hear, I know that Turkish airlines Pilots are more like “ Ah let’s just take down the plan doesn’t matter how it ends” like they often slam down the airplane and use little to almost non flair when they land, but in the other hand Pegasus often makes good and smooth landings even in windy conditions here in Stockholm Sweden so it wasn’t surprising for me when I saw that professional Pegasus landing in this video! 😆
@@lattecafe921 Yes, Turkish Airlines, AJet and Sunexpress often land a little rougher here too. But that's not because of the pilots, but because of the aircraft. The harder landings are usually Boeing 737 NGs. Boeing 737s have a strong ground effect because they are very low above the ground, so it's an advantage to land a little harder. In addition, they don't land with full flaps and often already have the fuel for the return flight on board. The strong ground effect is also the reason why Boeing 737-300 to -900ER can use thrust reversal before touchdown (below 10 ft) to break the ground effect and prevent a long float. There are several videos where you can see this clearly, but it is normally forbidden to activate thrust reversal before touchdown.
But you can clearly see which airlines often have to deal with storms and which don't. KLM, Ryanair and British Airways often land without problems even in strong storms, while other airlines tend to hesitate and do go-arounds early on. For us, Pegasus is definitely one of those that goes into holding when the windsock moves at the airport.
Pegasus has even refused to take off in storms, even when offered to take off against the wind on RWY25. RWY25 is only 1820 m long and that was obviously a reason not to take off there when the 15/33 exceeded the crosswind limits. It was exciting that on that day the A320nei from Pegasus did not want to take off on the short runway. All the others had no problems, including Wizz Air A321s and even a Boeing 737-800 to Antalya with CFM56-7B26, which takes much longer to take off than an A320neo.
The best thing with Pegausus was a flight that went straight into holding when there were heavy thunderstorms all day and it flew back to Istanbul from holding in Basel. SunExpress was also in holding for almost 3 hours before landing in Zurich due to a lack of fuel. But the weather in Basel wasn't that bad, even the flight school was still flying. Fun fact, when SunExpress finally flew to Zurich the weather was at its worst. 😅
But there is also a positive side to it! It is better not to take a risk.
@@laurentsworldofaviation747 That's for sure, appreciate the information!
@@laurentsworldofaviation747Very interesting insights! Thank you
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