Thomson 2006
Just been checking the Thomson website, and there are suddenly an awful lot of extra flights appeared from NCL to Palma for Summer 2006, plus a Sharm el Sheikh flight on a Thursday, and an extra Ibiza flight on Weds evenings.
When I checked the Thomson Lakes & Mountains website there are also two Salzburg flights on Wed & Sat that originate, and return, to NCL (Dep 8.00 Rtn 19.10), these are also operated by ThomsonFly.
For some of the Palma flights the Flight No.s are the same for different days(e.g. TOM4201/2 on both Thurs/Fri nights) and the same goes for the Salzburg. This is a pattern usually followed by Scheduled or Low Cost airlines, as charter carriers normally have different flight numbers per day for each destination.
Might be totally wrong, or does it look like ThomsonFly(Low Cost) could be basing an a/c at NCL next summer?
When checking the turnaround times for the usual Thomson flights, this is usually one hour for every airport abroad, whereas these extra flights are only 45mins on every one, which is consistent with ThomsonFly's Low Cost operation(all usually between 30-45mins turnaround time).
Can anyone shed any light on whether NCL is getting an extra aircraft for Summer 2006, or whether I've got the above completely and utterly wrong??