Originally Posted by
irishlad06
it’s a standby aircraft that will be based their for the winter. Much like the one in ALC that is suppose to be there all year round. This has now moved to TFS for the winter.
Makes sense considering the amount of flights to the canaries there is and then the UK standby’s can cover mainland Europe.
Does this mean there is always a crew based at TFS purely for standby purposes? Or is it solely the aircraft in case of tech issues? If that's the case, it could be tight for crew hours at times.
TUI also base an aircraft at TFS for the winter season but this is utilised everyday on flights.