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Great pics. Flying on one of these on 11th Aug to Cancun. Other half not so happy having seen Terror In The Skies coverage of the battery problems. When will the allocation to long haul flights be as intrigued which one we will be on.
Join Date: Mar 2006
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787 vs 767
Iver
767-200
Length: 159 ft 2 in
Cabin width: 15 ft 6 in
767-300
Length: 180 ft 3 in
Cabin width: 15 ft 6 in
Pax: 258 (ex-First Choice Aircraft - 2-3-2 in Premium (62 seats) and 2-3-2 in Economy (196 seats))
787-8
Length: 186 ft
Cabin width: 18 ft
Pax: 291 (2-3-2 in Premium (47 seats) and 3-3-3 Economy (244 seats) - although only 5 ft 9 in longer than the 767-300 the large increase in seats is due to the extra 2 ft 6 in width of the 787 meaning an extra two economy seats every row)
Certainly doesn't look much bigger than a 767-200!
Length: 159 ft 2 in
Cabin width: 15 ft 6 in
767-300
Length: 180 ft 3 in
Cabin width: 15 ft 6 in
Pax: 258 (ex-First Choice Aircraft - 2-3-2 in Premium (62 seats) and 2-3-2 in Economy (196 seats))
787-8
Length: 186 ft
Cabin width: 18 ft
Pax: 291 (2-3-2 in Premium (47 seats) and 3-3-3 Economy (244 seats) - although only 5 ft 9 in longer than the 767-300 the large increase in seats is due to the extra 2 ft 6 in width of the 787 meaning an extra two economy seats every row)
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G-CPEV has made two emergency landings in the past 24 hours at CWL. The most recent being a flapless landing with full emergency services. G-OOBG has now operated in from MAN to operate tonight's PMI. EV really needs a good check over!
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Does anyone know what 767 is flying out from Gatwick to Aruba... Is it newly painted livery or old first choice aircraft? Registration would be good if you know it and ill search it on jetphotos
Ours on 31 May returning 14 June were First Choice. DBLK on the outbound and OOBK for the return.
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What is the new seating config. like for the medium haul flights on the 757-200? I hear they have added a tiny bit more legroom for Cape Verde/Lapland flights or so Thomson tell me?
Last edited by LadyL2013; 24th Jun 2013 at 19:31.
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The new seating config for some of the Thomson 757's is 221. 12 seats have been removed to allow extra leg room. It is 3-3 configuration.
The Thomson 787s will operate up to 47 short/mid haul routes between 21 June and 08 July for crew training.
The Long haul routes start on 08 July.
The Thomson 787s will operate up to 47 short/mid haul routes between 21 June and 08 July for crew training.
The Long haul routes start on 08 July.
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Jonny the 787's are doing s/h rotations for a couple of weeks to build up pilot sectors, from 08/07 2 are doing l/h the 3rd & 4th when it arrives in 08 are doing s/h for remainder of summer again to build up pilot sectors, from 01/11 all 4 are planned on l/h rotations.
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I am sure the 787 pilots are enjoying the shorter segments before the more routine 7-9 hour flights.
Does anyone know what is the most junior FO's hire date on the 787 so far? Hired at Thomson in 2002 or 2003?
Cheers
Does anyone know what is the most junior FO's hire date on the 787 so far? Hired at Thomson in 2002 or 2003?
Cheers
Last edited by Iver; 26th Jun 2013 at 00:38.
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LadyL you will only get a meal on Cape Verde flights not on any other flights. The reason meals were introduced on these flights were basically because the aircraft can not hold enough stock to offer the eatery range to the inbound passengers resulting in lots of unhappy people. The airport down in BVC and indeed SID has minimal to no facilities for either you as passengers or us as an airline to 'fill up' - so despite it looking confusing the decision was taken with customers in mind!