Originally Posted by
azz767
Don't forget though TUI UK are up two 789's on last summer with G-TUIN/O being delivered a couple of months ago.
This frees up some 788's to do some short haul flying, like the 767's have done for years. This will increase capacity at bases like MAN and LGW. This obviously won't account for all of the extra lift needed. But up gauging a route from say a 738 to a 788, frees a 738 to operate somewhere else whilst also increasing capacity on the original route.
AFAIK both 767's were due to be gone from the UK by now too, but YG will return to operate alongside YH at MAN all summer.
Will there be any spare capacity from other TUI airlines? Rather than having to outsource is there any flexibility within the group to get spare a/c across. I'm thinking the extra two 767's in Scandi for example.
I'd say the benefit of the two extra 789s will be fairly insignificant. Also, I believe long-haul has been expanded so it won't help free up aircraft for short-haul.
According to a post on another forum (and possibly also on this forum a while back), TOM will need 56 738-sized aircraft for S20. Currently, they have 29x738 and it is likely that at least one (possibly more) will be withdrawn prior to S20. This means they will need circa 30 extra 738-sized aircraft to operate the S20 schedule. Normally SWG send over 4-5 aircraft. This winter TOM have sent 10 aircraft to SWG so possibly SWG will send over more. Even if they do send 10 aircraft, for example, around 20 extra frames will need to be sourced. Further, the post indicates six 757-sized aircraft will be required. Currently they have 9x757, however, it looks like at least two of these are likely to be gone by S20, so whilst they wouldn't be short on 757 capacity, they won't have spares to cover 738 flights.
Any further insight would, of course, be appreciated.