Winter utilisation
[QUOTE=ROC10;10305660]It is scheduled to go to BHX again after the NWI flight. Perhaps there will be a "floating" aircraft that will serve ABZ and NWI flights. ABZ are two weekly to TFS (Sun and Wed), the aircraft simply sat idle at ABZ on Monday and Tuesday this week but I guess that's better than positioning flights if there are no revenue flights for it to operate.[/Q
I doubt it would have anything to do at BHX normally except the airport decided to continue to close in November on Friday evenings at 23.10 (in the past in was Monday - Thursday) and TUI had to retime the Marrakech from a 15.55 departure and thus arrival back at BHX after 23.10. Originally the Enfidha aircraft was due to turnaround and operate this flight but now 5 short-haul (2 long-haul) required on a Friday. BHX's decision on closure times in November came well after TUI posted the original schedule.
Unusual BHX long-haul schedule for 2020 with the extra Sanford making 8 flights in total thus only one day where 2 x 787's required - could it be a case that it might do some short-haul ex BHX?
Pete