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Will both 787-9 be Gatwick based this summer when G-TUIK is delivered towards the end of May (is it May 24th). Will it be delivered to Manchester like G-TUIJ was? Surprised they aren't basing one at Manchester for the Orlando flights. They seem to be using a 787-9 on a fairly large number of European short haul flights every week from Gatwick, throughout this summer. This seems a bit of a waste for a highly efficient long haul aircraft. I am sure their operations team are far more capable than myself at utilising their fleet, I was just a little surprised not to see the second example at Manchester and dedicated to long haul duties.
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According to flightmapper both 789 will operate out of Gatwick on long haul except on a Sat when 1 will operate 4600 to PMI and 4660 to RHO. It looks currently like Gatwick will also have 3 x 788 and Man will have 3 x 788 and 2 x 763. Birmingham look like having a 788 also. That leaves the other 2 x 788 to cover the other long haul departures from the other airports.
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Having said that, several short-haul flights have been operated by long-haul configured 787s in the past (e.g. G-TUIJ last year and G-TUII the year before).
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removed and another row of seats put in instead.
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Both S/haul 788's in my listings at LGW and MAN. The 2 spare L/haul will operate the flights out of Glasgow, East Midlands, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Bristol,Stanstead and Dublin as required. Also the days when MAN req extra a/f.
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Thank you so much that provides great clarity.
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