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Are G-TUIC and G-TUID in full economy seatfit for summer short flights. I will be travelling to Antalya on BY286 from Gatwick. If so what is the seating plan is it similar to 767, trying to work out where is the best place to sit. Many thanks for any answers.
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Are G-TUIC and G-TUID in full economy seatfit for summer short flights. I will be travelling to Antalya on BY286 from Gatwick. If so what is the seating plan is it similar to 767, trying to work out where is the best place to sit. Many thanks for any answers.
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Just curious. How often do tui rotate a/c for maintenance. EDI has only one frame, which in peak season, from June 11, flies two rotations every day, usually ending well after midnight. How often must it visit a main base
The smaller bases such as EXT, BOH & EDI have very limited engineering coverage. An aircraft will be swapped into a larger base if a technical issue requires it and obviously for routine checks.
The smaller bases such as EXT, BOH & EDI have very limited engineering coverage. An aircraft will be swapped into a larger base if a technical issue requires it and obviously for routine checks.
assume duty free stock etc and take the Leeds one to Norwich , whilst the Norwich one goes to Leeds and on
I would guess EDI got good ground crew so basic repairs can be worked on
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Aruba & St Lucia
Hello all,
I’ve been looking at different long haul flights to the Caribbean and noticed that TUI have a weekly flight to Aruba and a weekly flight to St Lucia from London Gatwick. With them only having 1 weekly flight to each of the islands does this mean the flight crew operating the flights would get a 7 day layover at each of the destinations? I can imagine that being quite nice to get a full week layover or is that the norm these days for layovers.
Thanks.
I’ve been looking at different long haul flights to the Caribbean and noticed that TUI have a weekly flight to Aruba and a weekly flight to St Lucia from London Gatwick. With them only having 1 weekly flight to each of the islands does this mean the flight crew operating the flights would get a 7 day layover at each of the destinations? I can imagine that being quite nice to get a full week layover or is that the norm these days for layovers.
Thanks.
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J93102 No long layovers simply repositioning via Manchester or to another island or Amsterdam via group parnter or a scheduled carrier is the usual option these days.
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Nope, not a week, it's 1 night in AUA, position to MIA for 1 night, then position to UVF for 1 night to operate back to the UK. Far from being a nice layover, trust me, it's pretty knackering.
Dmouse88
So far, the 787-8 are staying in the 300 config and the 787-9 in the 345 config, ie their respective standard long haul seating layout. The reason for this is that TUI were caught out a few times last year when a short haul 787(325) was replaced with a long haul 787(300), meaning that 25 pax would not be carried. This way, the -9 could easily replace a broken -8,or any other -8 sitting around.
They might reconfigure 2 of the -8s for the peak summer season (Jul-Aug) to 325 config
Nope, not a week, it's 1 night in AUA, position to MIA for 1 night, then position to UVF for 1 night to operate back to the UK. Far from being a nice layover, trust me, it's pretty knackering.
Dmouse88
So far, the 787-8 are staying in the 300 config and the 787-9 in the 345 config, ie their respective standard long haul seating layout. The reason for this is that TUI were caught out a few times last year when a short haul 787(325) was replaced with a long haul 787(300), meaning that 25 pax would not be carried. This way, the -9 could easily replace a broken -8,or any other -8 sitting around.
They might reconfigure 2 of the -8s for the peak summer season (Jul-Aug) to 325 config
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Looking at the Sunwing operation with the 4 aircraft based here for the summer,most try to get back to Leeds where the maintenance is carried out every few weeks,and the change over occurs down route , think Palma being one place, for example Norwich based flies in, followed by the Leeds one or vice versa, within minutes of each other and crew swop aircraft
assume duty free stock etc and take the Leeds one to Norwich , whilst the Norwich one goes to Leeds and on
I would guess EDI got good ground crew so basic repairs can be worked on
mark
assume duty free stock etc and take the Leeds one to Norwich , whilst the Norwich one goes to Leeds and on
I would guess EDI got good ground crew so basic repairs can be worked on
mark
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Hello all,
I’ve been looking at different long haul flights to the Caribbean and noticed that TUI have a weekly flight to Aruba and a weekly flight to St Lucia from London Gatwick. With them only having 1 weekly flight to each of the islands does this mean the flight crew operating the flights would get a 7 day layover at each of the destinations? I can imagine that being quite nice to get a full week layover or is that the norm these days for layovers.
Thanks.
I’ve been looking at different long haul flights to the Caribbean and noticed that TUI have a weekly flight to Aruba and a weekly flight to St Lucia from London Gatwick. With them only having 1 weekly flight to each of the islands does this mean the flight crew operating the flights would get a 7 day layover at each of the destinations? I can imagine that being quite nice to get a full week layover or is that the norm these days for layovers.
Thanks.
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Looking at flights to Naples for S19 from LGW and noticed a massive increase in capacity vs. this year. Looks like 3 flights a week in peak, all operated by 787 Dreamliner (Mon/Weds/Fri). Now I know that its early days and its subject to change but it seems like a massive boost in capacity. Anyone know any reason for this?
(as an aside, me and my elderly parents flew this route a couple of years ago when TUI were operating the 787 on the Friday morning departure. My parents thoroughly enjoyed the flight as we had upgraded to premium so really enjoyed the extra space)
(as an aside, me and my elderly parents flew this route a couple of years ago when TUI were operating the 787 on the Friday morning departure. My parents thoroughly enjoyed the flight as we had upgraded to premium so really enjoyed the extra space)
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Looking at flights to Naples for S19 from LGW and noticed a massive increase in capacity vs. this year. Looks like 3 flights a week in peak, all operated by 787 Dreamliner (Mon/Weds/Fri). Now I know that its early days and its subject to change but it seems like a massive boost in capacity. Anyone know any reason for this?
(as an aside, me and my elderly parents flew this route a couple of years ago when TUI were operating the 787 on the Friday morning departure. My parents thoroughly enjoyed the flight as we had upgraded to premium so really enjoyed the extra space)
(as an aside, me and my elderly parents flew this route a couple of years ago when TUI were operating the 787 on the Friday morning departure. My parents thoroughly enjoyed the flight as we had upgraded to premium so really enjoyed the extra space)
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Standby aircraft
There is usually a 757 at BHX but the last two days it has been covering for one of the EMA 738's.
Also at the end of May the 757 was often on one the BHX 738 schedules, whether this was covering for tech, crew or ATC delays, I can't be sure.
I have noticed TUI tend to position the aircraft to wherever the problem is whereas often Thomas Cook bus the passengers wherever the spare is, if it is fairly close or logistically possible of course (crew hours etc)
Pete
Also at the end of May the 757 was often on one the BHX 738 schedules, whether this was covering for tech, crew or ATC delays, I can't be sure.
I have noticed TUI tend to position the aircraft to wherever the problem is whereas often Thomas Cook bus the passengers wherever the spare is, if it is fairly close or logistically possible of course (crew hours etc)
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C-FEAK
Is there any reason why this one has not operated from NWI whilst enjoying the British Summer
last year she spend in total about 2 days at NWI due to Tech aircraft and other incidents but never swopped to base here for a period unlike the other 3
so far this year not made
only reason ask is need to photo it
cheers
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last year she spend in total about 2 days at NWI due to Tech aircraft and other incidents but never swopped to base here for a period unlike the other 3
so far this year not made
only reason ask is need to photo it
cheers
mark