During the first Gulf War (or more accurately just before the first Gulf war but after Iraq occupied Kuwait), was it a BA 742 that was held in Kuwait and does anyone know where it was on route to/from? James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Sheren" <matthew.sheren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:35 AM Subject: Re: British Airways resumes flights to Kuwait > Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > > > Can anyone explain why BA uses Larnaca as a base for flights to the Middle > > East when tensions are high? > > > LHR-Kuwait-LHR (or LHR-TLV-LHR) is too long to use the same crew there and back, so the flight stops in Larnaca to pick up a new crew in order to avoid having the crews overnight someplace where the airline doesn't want them to. > > One crew can fly LHR-LCA-LHR, and the other one does LCA-TLV-LCA, or > something to that effect. It may not work exactly like that, but that's > the basic idea. > Matthew :) >