My flight was delayed because the main computer on the plain broke. I am interested to know where do they keep spare airplanes and what steps do they need to go through before they can act as a replacement.
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Depends where you are. If you’re at the airline’s main hub, then they may well have a ‘hot spare’ aircraft for exactly this sort of reason. This is especially the case on less busy travel days.
They may also pull an aircraft from another flight that’s departing later in the day, allowing the engineers some time to fix the broken plane.
If you’re at an outstation, then things get trickier. Some outstations still have lots of flexibility – you might just get pushed onto the next flight of the day. Others, for example a long haul destination served only once a day, cause problems, and sometimes another aircraft has to be flown over empty to get the passengers home.
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