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I doubt it will come from STN every week, it just so happened that they had their second summer aircraft which was due to leave STN anyway. I’d imagaine it will come from MAN/BHX/LGW in future unless the TFS base is opening soon. I asked the same question on here recently but it would appear there is no TFS base this year.
The ABZ flight on Sunday was operated by G-FDZR which positioned up from EDI on Saturday and is still there now whilst G-TAWL (coincidentally the one that operated STN-NWI-TFS-NWI-BHX) has positioned up from BHX to EDI for tomorrow’s TFS flight.
I’m not sure if LBA, HUY or any others will be served this year.
The ABZ flight on Sunday was operated by G-FDZR which positioned up from EDI on Saturday and is still there now whilst G-TAWL (coincidentally the one that operated STN-NWI-TFS-NWI-BHX) has positioned up from BHX to EDI for tomorrow’s TFS flight.
I’m not sure if LBA, HUY or any others will be served this year.
so who knows the plan for winter 2018/19
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It is scheduled to go to BHX again after the NWI flight. Perhaps there will be a "floating" aircraft that will serve ABZ and NWI flights. ABZ are two weekly to TFS (Sun and Wed), the aircraft simply sat idle at ABZ on Monday and Tuesday this week but I guess that's better than positioning flights if there are no revenue flights for it to operate.
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Winter utilisation
[QUOTE=ROC10;10305660]It is scheduled to go to BHX again after the NWI flight. Perhaps there will be a "floating" aircraft that will serve ABZ and NWI flights. ABZ are two weekly to TFS (Sun and Wed), the aircraft simply sat idle at ABZ on Monday and Tuesday this week but I guess that's better than positioning flights if there are no revenue flights for it to operate.[/Q
I doubt it would have anything to do at BHX normally except the airport decided to continue to close in November on Friday evenings at 23.10 (in the past in was Monday - Thursday) and TUI had to retime the Marrakech from a 15.55 departure and thus arrival back at BHX after 23.10. Originally the Enfidha aircraft was due to turnaround and operate this flight but now 5 short-haul (2 long-haul) required on a Friday. BHX's decision on closure times in November came well after TUI posted the original schedule.
Unusual BHX long-haul schedule for 2020 with the extra Sanford making 8 flights in total thus only one day where 2 x 787's required - could it be a case that it might do some short-haul ex BHX?
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I doubt it would have anything to do at BHX normally except the airport decided to continue to close in November on Friday evenings at 23.10 (in the past in was Monday - Thursday) and TUI had to retime the Marrakech from a 15.55 departure and thus arrival back at BHX after 23.10. Originally the Enfidha aircraft was due to turnaround and operate this flight but now 5 short-haul (2 long-haul) required on a Friday. BHX's decision on closure times in November came well after TUI posted the original schedule.
Unusual BHX long-haul schedule for 2020 with the extra Sanford making 8 flights in total thus only one day where 2 x 787's required - could it be a case that it might do some short-haul ex BHX?
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With DSA getting a 3rd based short haul Boeing
737-800 aircraft for summer 2019 it looks like TUi are axing the LBA summer based aircraft operation. For the past two years this has being operated by Sunwing
Routes from LBA to DLM, AYT, BOJ, PFO, DBV, MAH & IBZ have all being dropped.
PMI remains operated 2x weekly along with 1x weekly services to RHO, CFU and VRN.
737-800 aircraft for summer 2019 it looks like TUi are axing the LBA summer based aircraft operation. For the past two years this has being operated by Sunwing
Routes from LBA to DLM, AYT, BOJ, PFO, DBV, MAH & IBZ have all being dropped.
PMI remains operated 2x weekly along with 1x weekly services to RHO, CFU and VRN.
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There are only so many people in the LBA catchment going on holiday and I think Jet2 is soaking up the demand hence the more sensible decision to build at DSA. To be honest I think DSA may end up being the better airport in the longer run with very good transport links and proposals for far superior infrastructure on the horizon. What is LBA doing in this regard? It's still only connected by a tiny and dangerous country lane!
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There are only so many people in the LBA catchment going on holiday and I think Jet2 is soaking up the demand hence the more sensible decision to build at DSA. To be honest I think DSA may end up being the better airport in the longer run with very good transport links and proposals for far superior infrastructure on the horizon. What is LBA doing in this regard? It's still only connected by a tiny and dangerous country lane!
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There are only so many people in the LBA catchment going on holiday and I think Jet2 is soaking up the demand hence the more sensible decision to build at DSA. To be honest I think DSA may end up being the better airport in the longer run with very good transport links and proposals for far superior infrastructure on the horizon. What is LBA doing in this regard? It's still only connected by a tiny and dangerous country lane!
Not to Shanghai the TUI thread but its always amazed me how Jet2 have retained allegiance to LBA even as they've 'growed like Topsy' to the size they are now - and still growing. LBA does have poor road access for sure, a 'difficult' approach and and a shortish, essentially constantly crosswind runway etc etc. One wonders why they stick with it when just down the road, and available to the same passenger catchment area is DSA ex-RAF Finningley, on the M11 and with an in to wind runway as long as the M1. 😀 They must have a good deal.
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I think most in the LBA catchment area would consider Manchester their next airport of choice and not DSA. There may be some TUI loyalists who may go to DSA but I would expect only a few and even then many will be won over to Jet2 Holidays camp. After all this has been going on for years, Thomson, as it was, had 1 aircraft at LBA and Jet2 none.. Now TUI's remaining 1 aircraft is about to go/has gone and Jet2 have over 15 - this must say something! Monarch made a reasonable go at LBA until they ceased business so I would fully expect another operator to start up at LBA. It is huge catchment area, Leeds alone has a population of 750,000, plus cities like Bradford, Huddersfield, etc. Additionally LBA is about to expand its terminal, a new access road is planned and a Park and Ride and station with a 10 minute journey into Leeds is all planned for the next few years. TUI may well rue the day they finally left LBA!
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Additionally LBA is about to expand its terminal, a new access road is planned and a Park and Ride and station with a 10 minute journey into Leeds is all planned for the next few years. TUI may well rue the day they finally left LBA!
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Maybe TUI were expecting this to happen much sooner. I'm pretty sure everyone wanted the park and ride to be fully operational by now, but just as comical as the 3rd LHR runway, it's paper pushing at its finest. I don't blame TUI for saying enough is enough and moving elsewhere.
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Sunwing 2019 Operations
With DSA getting a 3rd based short haul Boeing
737-800 aircraft for summer 2019 it looks like TUi are axing the LBA summer based aircraft operation. For the past two years this has being operated by Sunwing
Routes from LBA to DLM, AYT, BOJ, PFO, DBV, MAH & IBZ have all being dropped.
PMI remains operated 2x weekly along with 1x weekly services to RHO, CFU and VRN.
737-800 aircraft for summer 2019 it looks like TUi are axing the LBA summer based aircraft operation. For the past two years this has being operated by Sunwing
Routes from LBA to DLM, AYT, BOJ, PFO, DBV, MAH & IBZ have all being dropped.
PMI remains operated 2x weekly along with 1x weekly services to RHO, CFU and VRN.
Sunwings use Monarch engineering at Leeds hence them changing during the season, and i know when they come over drop spares at Leeds
Brakes for one for Norwich lol
what happens here if this is the case
also will 4 be needed
I dont think Humberside was operated this year unlike before
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Bristol
The best information so far re Bristol is the quote in post 358 "737-MAX start to arrive next month, and will start to replace the 757s, particularly BRS and GLA by summer 19"
The 788 is still showing of course on BRS-SID and BRS-DBV as well as the two Cancun and one Sanford flight.
Pete
If any spare TUI/Thomson/Britannia aircraft should emerge from the melee that is the introduction of the MAX, please dispatch to LBA forthwith. Anything - Britannia, 707, 732...
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