Thomson Airways
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just watched G-TUIA fly over our house
Just by fluke I looked on fr24 and spotted it heading over our garden on it's flight from Manchester. Must say it was nice and quiet at 373 kts and 23k ft. Well done to all concerned.
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I thought Thomson were meant to have "cover aircafts", clearly not as they are using a Tunisian A321 to ferry to ALC to return pax to CWL then take the CWL pax to ALC. I thought that was the point of the two leased 763's?
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Well I was fortunate enough to end up very close to NQY today and iv just spent some time watching the circuits.
The 787 is truly a lovely looking aircraft.
So glad Thomson have chosen to train at NQY, and an interesting day at NQY with a mix of eurowings, flybe, Thomson and skybus.
cs
The 787 is truly a lovely looking aircraft.
So glad Thomson have chosen to train at NQY, and an interesting day at NQY with a mix of eurowings, flybe, Thomson and skybus.
cs
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I've now seen three other airlines operating on behalf of TOM: Nouvelair; ALC-CWL-ALC, HiFly A330; LGW-IBZ-LGW, Euro Atlantic Airways; TFS-MAN. I agree the pilots should stop joy riding the 787
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TOM have had probs with the 767's in BRS this week, believe went tech twice, once before SFB then on return to BRS to operate CUN, brought another 767 to operate CUN, think the inbound CUN was delayed over 24 hrs, so that may of had something to do with a spare 767 not being about to send to CWL, not sure it would of had a massive impact on crew though.
Can anyone let me know when 787 in due in CWL please, might take a trip over the bridge.
Can anyone let me know when 787 in due in CWL please, might take a trip over the bridge.
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I've now seen three other airlines operating on behalf of TOM: Nouvelair; ALC-CWL-ALC, HiFly A330; LGW-IBZ-LGW, Euro Atlantic Airways; TFS-MAN
OK aircraft leased for the summer but still, not operated by Thomson Airways.
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Not to mention TUIfly Nordic B767 MAN-ALC-MAN and Jetairfly B767 MAN-IBZ-MAN, MAN-RHO-MAN.
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It's a shame the word 'Britannia' wasn't on the sides instead of Thomson!
The 787 is truly a lovely looking aircraft.
As for the B787, that blunt nose and chubby looks isn't a patch on the B757. After all these years I've never managed to get to like it.
There is a problem today with 'crew' shortage aka not enough pilots for todays programme, a number of flts being subbed out!
Not my fault, this time.
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Thomson replacement
Hi All - Privilege Style Air Lines 757 EC-ISY operated Thomson's TOM1733/TOM1732 Newcastle to Malaga this afternoon. Pic: Boeing 757: 26241 EC-ISY 757-256 Privilege Style Air Lines Newcastle Airport | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Cheers.
Parking at LTN is now very expensive and Hangar 61 at LTN is maxed out most of the time with routine fleet maintenance. Its far cheaper to park planes when required at MAN and the company has good engineering cover there.