Originally Posted by
ROC10
Yet again, Chambery Airport seems to be causing chaos today with the ski flights. Some flights due to depart first thing this morning simply didn’t depart with others being diverted elsewhere (LYS) and many showing “cancelled” on FR24 (I know TUI don’t really cancel flights but who knows when they will “catch up” with these). It looks like rather than flying LYS-CMF, passengers are being bussed to LYS for the return flights. I understand this will be mostly out of TUI’s control but wouldn’t it be easier if they just operated elsewhere for their ski flights? Most flights are seeing delays upwards of 5-6 hours which won’t be cheap.
The majority of the time CMF works for the ski resorts it serves. There is the occasional issue with weather that causes delays and diversions, but generally this doesn't happen that often. As an Airline/Tour Operator, you don't plan where you fly based on potential bad weather and a few days of disruption over the whole season. You go to the most convenient Airport that works and deal with disruption on the day. Generally TUI preplan diversions (LYS mainly) based on bad weather forecasts at CMF and operate straight there meaning transfers are better organised and delays reduced.