Is TCX long haul pretty much back on schedule out of LGW now please - thanks!

Surely it is far far quicker to check gatwick airports website and departure info than to wait for a response on a forum?

Is that a serious question?

TCX longhaul
 

TCX longhaul has been desrupted over the last week at both MAN and LGW due to the damage to one of their A330's. Certain flights have been running rather late and some have been operated by 767's. I don't know if they are all back on time yet or whether the A330 in question has been repaired.

Thanks for the sarcastic and not very constructive comment Fernanjet. Of course that is the first thing that I did but there was only a Sharm flight shown which I have no idea whether that is on an A330 or B767.

You above all people, judging by your previous posts, must be aware that it does not follow that because a flight departs on time today, with the tech issue TCX had earlier this week that there is not still an outstanding impact on the rest of the programme. One aircraft may still be AOG and no departure board is going to tell me that is it? Yes it was a serious question and thanks to the person that PM'd me with a serious answer!

Serious Answer.....

Here is mine: When are you travelling? Today? because if you are not then it is totally irrelevant whether the "longhaul" programme is on time or not.

Aircraft can suffer knock on delays from any destination....any tech issue at any time.....

ask the monastir-glasgow passengers who were about to board their 757 home on sunday morning, only to suffer an unexpected delay of 8 hours!

it is an irrelevant question as it will have zero effect on any flight you are about to underatake

Glasgow Longhaul
 

Watching with interest the summer long haul TCX programme has been changed as well with POP flights initially on a Tuesday then additional rotation on a Sunday.Now the Tuesday flights have been dropped after approx July and aircraft changed as well with no premium flights available on the return sector from POP-GLA on the 20th July because aircraft switched to single configuration all economy.Wondering if this has been substituted from a 2 class 330 to a single class 767 or do TCX have high density 330's in their longhaul fleet ?

Where did you find this out? GLA website still all season TUES flight

BAA is not the best at keeping their online timetable up-to-date!

Having just checked the Thomas Cook website, GLA-POP is definitely operating every Sunday, I can’t see any Tuesday departures.

There is Tuesday departures from GLA:

Departs Glasgow on Tue 22 Jun 10 at 09:55
Arrives Dominican Republic on Tue 22 Jun 10 at 13:50


Departs Dominican Republic on Tue 06 Jul 10 at 15:50
Arrives Glasgow on Wed 07 Jul 10 at 05:15

TCX @ Exeter S10
 

Evening all

Could anyone tell me what the plans are for Exeter this summer. I understand we have 4 weekly flights in but I would like to know what a/c is operating and from which airport the a/c originates (as these are W patterns)

Palma - I assume BRS based A320 as we had in 2009
Antalya?
Dalaman?
Monastir?

Rumour was, albeit some time ago, that TCX were basing an aircraft at Exeter. Is this the case or are there any plans to do so? I was of the impression it would be a A320 - could this mean BRS would lose theirs?

There are no inbound flights after Tueday 20th July 2010 from POP, which seems to have been switched to a Sunday.The flight coming back has been configured for an all economy seating.I know that because they have just told me.

Strange, so it's changin day mid season. Still A330 based full week?

Not sure about 330 based all week but trying to find out if they are shoe horning everyone in to a 767 single class for the single 20th july inbound or are they utilising an all economy 330. I was booked in to premium and have been bumpted out in to cattle class.

One A330 is based full week, I think there is a second A330 and/or a 767 passing throught on other days. The schedule does not seem to be consistent every week, so its hard to say.

From what I can see, the following destinations are avalable on the following days but some not all season.

Monday: Cancun
Tuesday: Cayo Coco and Puerto Plata
Wednesday: Calgary, Las Vegas, Orlando and Vancouver
Thursday: Orlando
Friday: Orlando
Saturday: Orlando
Sunday:

I'm sure someone said the based A330 will do a Dalaman on a Sunday? So from that, it looks like the based A330 is busy 7 days a week, with a second aircraft, either a 767 or an A330 coming in on a Tuesday and Wednesday as well as a third long haul aircraft on the last Wednesday in June.

Antalya - Thursdays B752 operates GLA-AYT-EXT-AYT-GLA
Dalaman - Thursdays B752 operates MAN-DLM-EXT-DLM-MAN
Monastir - Wednesdays (April only) B752 operates MAN-MIR-EXT-MIR-MAN
Palma - Saturdays A320 operates BRS-PMI-EXT-PMI-BRS

No current plans for a based a/c.

Tcx -cwl W10/11
 

Can anyone confirm if the A320 will be full time based next winter.Looking at the early hols on offer on the web shows TCX operated flights on nearly all days of the week at certain weeks of the season?

Have you checked your return flight number?
TCX GLA - POP schedule is as follows:

4th May - 6th July an A330-200 will operate a GLA-POP-GLA flight.
It will recommence this route on the 21st September finishing 19th August
Flight number will be TCX 35 K/L

on 13th July An A330-300 will return from POP in to GLA having originated from LGW/MAN

if you are returning on 20th July you are flying on a different airline even though THOMAS COOK is still the TOUR OPERATOR.

The last wednesday in June will see 5 different A330's visit during the morning. one of which, to be fair is positioning between GLA and MAN at 0435.

a 2nd A330 will visit on Tuesdays.

The B767, all 3 of them, are flying a short/medium haul programme ex MAN all summer. Although there will be a few 767 visits, as always, for the mad migration from GLA in mid-october!

if you are returning on 20th July you are flying on a different airline even though THOMAS COOK is still the TOUR OPERATOR.-So who will be contracted out to cover this 'extra' flight ? Seems bizarre to change your flying programme right in the height of the summer and as you say their programme goes back to 3 flights in September on a Tuesday.

It hasn't changed - it was always planned this way.

It may be the height of the summer in the med, but low season in the caribbean due to hurricane season.

the aircraft are utilised on more lucrative routes, such as the med or Florida (school holiday demand)

May i suggest that you ask your travel agent - you are the one travelling after all....it is your right to know from your agent!!

It is actually quite standard to rearrange IT programmes around this particular week, and it has been done for years, particularly those involving Glasgow and Belfast. The reason is that the season peaks earlier at these points than in England, where August is the peak month, due to the traditionally earlier school holidays in Scotland, which this year in Glasgow are 25 June to 16 August, whereas for comparison in London they are 23 July to 1 September.

So to take advantage of the highest demand it is normal to shift some aircraft resources up to Glasgow etc from June into July, then to move them back to England points for the end of July and into August. The destinations generally stay the same, it is just the UK departure points which are switched around