Originally Posted by
737James
I agree TUI do have quite generous turnaround times but even then some of the ground agents struggle and crew have to push them to get the inbound pax onboard. Cyprus could be a bit of a problem as they are going to test every single UK passenger and have said that pax will be held on aircraft until they are ready for them to be brought to the terminal to be tested in groups of no more than 30 so these turnarounds may need to be extended especially at PFO with them all being remote stands
In my experience I find the longer hour turn (sometimes more) a disadvantage because at airports where they are congested or during peak hours it is easy for agents to put TUI to the back of the queue as they know they have time. Then suddenly time runs away and things are late.
Problem is with often full loads and everyone having hold baggage (typically) pre COVID the tighter turn times employed by LCCs aren’t achievable.