Just what are Thomson planning on replacing their ageing 757 fleet with? The 321 and 738 in present form, struggle to fulfill the role the 757 has in Thomson fleet, route like EMA to SSH and the like. Tui germany the 738 is ok, as Germany is closer to the Canaries and Sharm, so range payload has not been an issue but what will tui do with Thomson, they have to replace those 757s? what with? do they have any plans at all? fleet planning. At moment its ridiculous for Thomson to have the 320, 321 757 and 767, some form of fleet standaridation is needed but the main part of the fleet is comprised with the 757, an excellent aircraft for Thomson but will need replacing, trouble is there is no true 757 replacement.
Thomson Airways are currently standardising their fleet to the 737-800 and 787 aircraft. The airbus fleet will have left Thomson by the end of this year and only have them due to the merger with First Choice Airways and lease terms...
The 737-800 can and does operate many UK to Egypt sectors with Thomson Airways and is very capable of doing so. Infact they are even fine to operate UK to Cape Verde if they so wished (although Scotland could become a bit of a stretch when operating at full capacity Northbound). So as mentioned, the 737-800 will take over 99% of the 757 routes despite a drop in capacity but this comes with lower operating costs etc which will help make up for it.