Originally Posted by
737James
I notice for summer 2019 that TUI have learnt from issues last summer on LCA and PFO flights on Sunday nights where the average inbound delay was 48 mins mainly due to delays getting aircraft turned around and slot restrictions in the Nicosia sector
So this year a number of Sunday night flights will have 1h15 to 1hr 40 min turnarounds to try and make it appear that the inbound flights operate more on time which I am sure customers will like just means a bit longer day for the crew
In reality once the a/c arrives at destination (LCA or PFO) in the middle of the night the homeward flight should have all been checked in by then, and the pax at the gate>
The crew taking it back will want the pax on ASAP to get going, especially on a 11 hour+ duty day at night, unless they are landing time restricted back in the UK ie no arrivals before say 06.00...
If the local departure slots are restrictive then once the pax are all on board the skipper will call ready to start and try for an earlier slot - either via with their own Ops in UK or via the tower.
9 times out of 10 one can get going home much sooner for everyone's sake