Thomas Cook

[Fernanjet]

Is BFS getting the A321-200 again?

In the main school holidays in late June/July.

Quite A few 757/767/A330 visits too.

Mainly an A320 out of the school holiday seasons though



I see Bournemouth is getting a twice weekly 757-200 visit through the summer with the 757-300 visiting 6 times too (in place of the 752)

[9287Excellent]

Wow, a twice weekly 757 to Bournemouth...do they think they will fill it?? I assumed it would be an A320 or something being as Thomson only use a B737 and the competition from Ryanair also. How did Thomas Cook do on the few flights they operated from BOH in November I think it was??

[MUFC_fan]

Wow, a twice weekly 757 to Bournemouth...do they think they will fill it??

LS filled the equivalent from BLK to TFS a few years back and I would consider BOH to have a greater audience/less competition from larger airports near the respective airfield.

[MARKEYD]

Good to see the 757 300 into Bournemouth !!

Thomas Cook did operate 3 flights to Tenerife approx 169 pax per flight and and Tunisia approx 175 pax per flight in November using an A320 .

However there short love affair with Bournemouth this winter 11 / 12 looks bleak as nothing showing !! its very frustrating as it was well supported by local travel agents and public alike and now we seem to have lost Las Palmas for the winter so prehaps they could try that for a short season

[Kestrel_Stu]

TCX Summer 2011 Fleet Distribution

Finalised as:

7 x A320
4 x A321
7 x A332
1 x A333
19 x B752 *
2 x B753
3 x B763
43 TOTAL

* 2 x B752s damp leased from Mint Airways

Distribution: (based on w/c 04/07/2011 - it does change slightly over the season)

BFS - 1 x A321
BHX - 3 x B752
BRS - 2 x A320
CWL - 1 x A320
EMA - 2 x A321
GLA - 1 x A332, 1 x A333, 1 x B752, 2 x B753, 1 x B763
MAN - 1 x A320, 1 x A321, 3 x A332, 6 x B752, 2 x B763
NCL - 4 x B752 (2 leased from Mint)
LBA - 1 x A320
LGW - 1 x A320, 3 x A332, 5 x B752
STN - 1 x A320

One Manchester B752 is planned to operate flights only 3 days a week to act as a standby aircraft for the other 4 days.

'W' patterns all over the place so I won't try to summarise them in detail. Notably ABZ gets a lot of 757s and some A320/1s, as do EDI, EXT & NWI. BHD gets some peak season 757s doing Reus, BOH gets a decent number of 752s/753s doing Turkey, DSA 757s, HUY everything but the 330, IOM gets a couple of 757s doing IBZ/PMI.

Lots of 'W' patterns of non-based aircraft through the main bases too (e.g. 757s at STN).

The A330s will be taking over east coast Canada flights this summer from the 757 (YOW and YHZ).

[david1994]

BHD gets some peak season 757s doing Reus,

Do you mean A320 as BHD cannot physically take a 757

[Kestrel_Stu]

Do you mean A320 as BHD cannot physically take a 757

Nope - a 757-200. 5 visits planned in total. The 757 is far more capable (performance-wise) than an A320. I assume the taxiways / apron can accommodate it.

Heck, if IOM can take one

Aircraft routes:
EMA-BHD-REU on 01/07, 08/07
REU-BHD-REU on 15/07
REU-BHD-EMA on 22/07, 29/07

[OliWW]

The REU flight doesn't originate from EMA, it is operated as a W pattern, which I always thought would be a A320 all season...

[Kestrel_Stu]

EMA isn't planned to see the A320 all summer. 2 x A321s based and 757-200s and -300s passing through.

The whole rotation on 1st July according to the company system is:

01/07/2011
TCX 2246 Fri 05:00 MAN REU 07:15 752 752235
TCX 5135 Fri 08:15 REU EMA 10:40 752 752235
TCX 513P Fri 11:25 EMA BHD 12:30 752 752000
TCX 5134 Fri 13:20 BHD REU 15:50 752 752235
TCX 2247 Fri 16:50 REU MAN 19:15 752 752235

Don't shoot the messenger!

[OliWW]

So the EMA flights are only via BHD for one month it would seem on the 752..., MAH on a fri is off BHX so must be a 752 so is ADB on a 753?

Thanks stu

[Kestrel_Stu]

Actually no ADB is a 752 on 'W' from LGW. The 753 only drops into EMA a couple of times this summer:

30/05/2011
TCX 302P Mon 07:05 GLA EMA 08:10 753 753000
TCX 3026 Mon 09:10 EMA PMI 11:35 753 753280
TCX 3027 Mon 12:35 PMI GLA 15:45 753 753280

06/06/2011
TCX 3026 Mon 08:10 GLA PMI 11:10 753 753280
TCX 3027 Mon 12:10 PMI EMA 14:40 753 753280
TCX 302P Mon 15:30 EMA GLA 16:35 753 753000

[Mr A Tis]

Will TCX be operating the B752s from MAN for Canadian Affair this summer to YYZ or has that gone to Air Transat?

[Bagmanlgw]

TCX Gatwick

Kestral are you sure about LGW fleet total

Have seen plans for plans for up to 12 aircraft at LGW peak August

5 x A330s mostly Long haul , but one planned double daily short haul

Then a mix of mainly B752 with additional capacity covered by A321 and A320s

B753 showing on only a small % of flights this summer mostly B752 opps

Lgwbagman

[Kestrel_Stu]

Will TCX be operating the B752s from MAN for Canadian Affair this summer to YYZ or has that gone to Air Transat?

There wil be no 757 Canada flying this summer. MAN-YVR and MAN-YYC continue on the A330, along with LGW-YOW-YYZ, LGW-YHZ, LGW-(YEG)-YVR and LGW-YYC. There are also some GLA-YVR and GLA-YYCs.

Bagmanlgw,

The fleet distribution I showed is based on the week of 4th July 2011, LGW does get additional machines in August for example (A320 swaps with the A321 from BFS, B753 & A333 down from Glasgow, etc...). There are certainly 5 x A330s out of LGW on some days with one doing shorthaul as you say.

It's hard to summarise the fleet for the whole summer as things do move around.

[MUFC_fan]

Are TCX's operations larger at MAN than LGW? I always thought they were and that TOM was the one with a more LGW emphasis?

[Fernanjet]

So the EMA flights are only via BHD for one month it would seem on the 752..., MAH on a fri is off BHX so must be a 752 so is ADB on a 753?

ADB is a B752...


TCX5735 11:25ADBEMA 15:35752
TCX5734 20:45EMAADB 00:35752

Hell of a long turnaround though!!!

same time each week too...

[Fernanjet]

GLA - 1 x A332, 1 x A333, 1 x B752, 2 x B753, 1 x B763

Glasgow does only have the B763 for 3 weeks during the year.

[deltahotel9]

Mint only seem to have 2 x 752, if they are both to be based at NCL for the whole summer how are they going to operate their own flights, or perhaps their website is wrong and they no longer operate in their own right? Will they be in full TCX livery?

[Kestrel_Stu]

If you pick a week in late August (w/c 22/08) the distribution changes to:

BFS - 1 x A320
BHX - 3 x B752
BRS - 2 x A320
CWL - 1 x A320
EMA - 2 x A321
GLA - 0.5 x A332, 3 x B752
MAN - 1 x A320, 1 x A321, 3 x A332, 0.5 x A333, 5 x B752, 3 x B763
NCL - 4 x B752 (2 leased from Mint)
LBA - 1 x A320
LGW - 1 x A321, 3.5 x A332, 0.5 x A333, 4 x B752, 2 x B753
STN - 1 x A320

With 1 B752 at Manchester acting as standby.

[ryansf]

Is there an online timetable (like the Thomson ANA one) that we can see a breakdown of aircraft operating individual routes?