Originally Posted by
Matt995
TUI's planned summer timetable (based on August 2023) needs a total of 74 aircraft, but TUI Airways actual current fleet consists of 62 aircraft (will be 63 shortly)
the leased in aircraft for summer should be 15, 7 Sunwing 738's, 4 Avion Express A320's, 2 Titan A320's & 2 Smartlynx A320's
The bases should be:-
ABZ 1 B738, Sunwing
BFS 1 B738, Sunwing
BHX 1 B789, 2 B788's, 3 B7M8's, 3 B738s, & 2 B738's, Sunwing
BOH 1 B738
BRS 5 B7M8's
CWL 2 B738's, 1 B738, Sunwing
DUB 2 A320's, Avion Express
EMA 4 B738's, 1 B738, Sunwing
EXT 1 B738
GLA 2 B7M8's
GLA/NCL 1 B788 shared
LGW 2 B789's, 1 B788's, 3 B7M8's, 6 B738's, 1 A320, Titan, 2 A320's, Avion Express
LTN 1 B738
MAN 2 B789's, 2 B788's, 2 B763's, 3 B7M8's, 5 B738's, 2 A320's, Smartlynx
NCL 2 B7M8's, 2 B738's
NWI 1 B738, Sunwing
STN 1 B738, 1 A320, Titan
Spare TUI Aircraft, 2 B738, 1 B789 - They also have another B738 to join the fleet shortly, G-FDZR again, to help them out
So all the extra aircraft being used, GetJet, AirTanker, SmartLynx etc should only be short term cover, but again does it come down to TUI, not having another flight crew & cabin crew to cope with all these flights? After last year, I would have expected them to be better prepared