Originally Posted by
rog747
Thanks for the 757 updates chaps - - Incredible back in the day Britannia AW owned almost the whole alphabet on 757-204's G-BYAC - BYAY
plus 3 ex Air Hollands' too G-OAHF/I/K and an Icelandic G-BTEJ all of which were operated from the start of BY 757 ops from around 1990
Just wondered how they (TUI) are left with only one -204, G-BYAW?
G-BYAY (4 years younger than BYAW) is also still with TUI and G-BYAT left around five years ago (looking very sorry for itself). It found a new lease of life and is now operating for La Compagnie flying transatlantic pretty much every day I believe.
When Thomsonfly and First Choice merged to form Thomson Airways, they gradually disposed of all of the older TOM 757 and 733/738s, as well as all of the FCA Airbus fleet and older 757s. The G-OOB* series 757s are younger (especially BC/BD/BE/BF) and so these were retained.