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I was speaking to someone who recently flew on G-OBYG and they said that Thomson had made an announcement regarding a reduction in leg room for passengers.
I wonder if this is referring to the reduced leg room in the rear of the cabin as you mentioned and not a reduction in leg room throughout the cabin.
Its good to know there all re-configured into long haul I don't fear my summer flight as much now as I was expecting an all economy one to replace the 787 I was due to fly on in July.
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I was speaking to someone who recently flew on G-OBYG and they said that Thomson had made an announcement regarding a reduction in leg room for passengers.
I wonder if this is referring to the reduced leg room in the rear of the cabin as you mentioned and not a reduction in leg room throughout the cabin.
Its good to know there all re-configured into long haul I don't fear my summer flight as much now as I was expecting an all economy one to replace the 787 I was due to fly on in July.
ZJC
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New Summer 2014 Destinations- MRU & PVR
Thomson Airways will be flying to Mauritius and Puerto Vallarta for the Summer 2014.
According to this article they will be flying from LGW - Mauritius and Puerto Vallarta and from MAN to Puerto Vallarta.
Thomson Launch Authentic Mexico and Idyllic Mauritius for Long Haul Summer 2014 - Press Release - Digital Journal
These flights will be released next week (25 April) when there Summer 2014 schedule is released.
According to this article they will be flying from LGW - Mauritius and Puerto Vallarta and from MAN to Puerto Vallarta.
Thomson Launch Authentic Mexico and Idyllic Mauritius for Long Haul Summer 2014 - Press Release - Digital Journal
These flights will be released next week (25 April) when there Summer 2014 schedule is released.
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I notice that they don't mention which plane they will be using!
Most likely the B787, the Summer 2014 Dreamliner routes will probably be announced next week when the S14 flights are released.
They will also operate flights from Aberdeen to CFU & DLM, Leeds Bradford to AYT, Bristol to KGS, KVA & RAK, Glasgow to KGS, Southend to IBZ and Birmingham to LEI & CTA for the Summer 2014 season.
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Dreamliner according to this
Thomson and First Choice launch two new Dreamliner destinations - www.travelweekly.co.uk
Thomson and First Choice launch two new Dreamliner destinations - www.travelweekly.co.uk
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They've said for summer 2014 that 95% of short haul flights will have the new extra legroom seating that is currently on the 757s. Looks like the 737s will also have the new configuration then.
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Extra Leg room
Could this be marketing spin?
They sell Row1 and the Emegency Exit rows as 'extra leg room' on the 737-800s already, and Row 11 & 30 on the 233Y configured B757s as 'extra leg room'. (and yes I know that several of the B757s have been reonfig to 221Y mostly for use on the long sun flights like Cape Verde and Egypt but the ratio of 757s to 738s is biased toward the 738 and likely to continue to be so.
Unless of course they are planing to take a row of seats out of the B738s -which is always possible, though you'd be surprised what the loss of 6 seats does to the overall seat rate/price per seat.
They sell Row1 and the Emegency Exit rows as 'extra leg room' on the 737-800s already, and Row 11 & 30 on the 233Y configured B757s as 'extra leg room'. (and yes I know that several of the B757s have been reonfig to 221Y mostly for use on the long sun flights like Cape Verde and Egypt but the ratio of 757s to 738s is biased toward the 738 and likely to continue to be so.
Unless of course they are planing to take a row of seats out of the B738s -which is always possible, though you'd be surprised what the loss of 6 seats does to the overall seat rate/price per seat.
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All the 757s seem to be going down to 221/223 seats, to give 3 rows of 34" pitch in the forward cabin.
The main marketing reason for this is that the existing legroom seats are all at exit rows, and so there are strict limits in who these can be sold to, and also limited in number.
The comment for next summer seems to indicate the 737-800s will also get a dedicated extra legroom rows within the cabin, distinct from the exit row areas.
The 5% would indicate the only aircraft not featuring this are the 767s used on a limited number of short-haul flights. These obviously have extra legroom at exits - but not the unrestricted extra legroom rows on the reconfigured 757/737 fleets.
The main marketing reason for this is that the existing legroom seats are all at exit rows, and so there are strict limits in who these can be sold to, and also limited in number.
The comment for next summer seems to indicate the 737-800s will also get a dedicated extra legroom rows within the cabin, distinct from the exit row areas.
The 5% would indicate the only aircraft not featuring this are the 767s used on a limited number of short-haul flights. These obviously have extra legroom at exits - but not the unrestricted extra legroom rows on the reconfigured 757/737 fleets.
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On Monday April 08th I booked to fly Ibiza to Manchester on Saturday 15th June aboard TOM2667. I paid to pre-book seats but it was only yesterday the seating plan became available. It is a 2-4-2 configuration x 43 rows and the seat letters are (from left to right) ACDFHJKL which is not Thomson's seating plan. The Jetair 767-300 is 2-3-2 so it isn't this either. When I rang up and asked all I was told is that it was a B757 chartered by another airline. Well it ain't a 757 using this configuration!! Any ideas anyone??
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Thanks Goldeneye; that's a good call but it's the seat letters that still confuse me as TCX's 763's are ABCDEFGH. Had a thought it could possibly be SE-RFS as someone mentioned in an earlier post it would be the TOM standby aircraft this summer. However, planning it 7 weeks before is some standby plan!!!! Suppose I'll just have to wait and see.