BHX
miked11
BHX was closed as usual last night. In the week they use the last arriving Ryanair from Dublin as the marker 23.05 although Tuesday's were a little later.
It has even been closed Saturday nights but much later as Monarch arrive in after midnight but Sunday night/Monday morning it is open.
The original finish date was given as the end of the winter season with a break for Christmas and New Year but I think the hope was or is that it will finish earlier.
Thomson aircraft at BHX in some instances don't depart BHX until mid-morning and arrive back not long before the closure on certain nights (the aircraft's only flight of the day) such as Sharm, Hurghada, Paphos Boa Vista and Sal and the slightest tech or weather problem down-route and it is difficult to recover in time.
Some of the late morning departures are probably due to do with slots into the destination airport.
As it stands I think this is the first Thomson divert although Tuesday's AYT was close. In the context of balance other airlines have suffered due tech delays rather than weather - Monarch last week (tech in GIB) and a flybe EDI couple of weeks ago also diverted to East Mids.
Summer 15
Is there any more revisions due, as on the BHX thread it mentioned the 787 staying in BHX all week next summer operating a couple of short-haul flights, which is not showing in the brochure at present.
Also the BHX increases from their first edition are shrinking fast with one of the extra Dubrovnik flights chopped to make way for the ex TUI Sunday Palma, Onur Air Tuesday now chopped to Antalya and they using a Thomas Cook flight . This is forth BHX flight using Thomas Cook aircraft, their main competitor?
On an IT note is there a problem with the Thomson timetable? Some flights in there were removed from sale about four months ago?
Pete