Originally Posted by Sharklet_321
(Post 10483811)
Ryanair were quite open about the compensation they received from Boeing re the MAX issues, surprised that TUI isn’t doing this. Can’t be good to spook investors with those losses. Why can’t they reveal their Boeing compensation deal? MOL says We’re having a discussion with Boeing” about getting financial compensation for the delays, O’Leary said “I don’t need cash,” he added, saying he wants movement on pricing. CFO Neil Sorahan told Reuters they plan to discuss “modest compensation.” and get a deal on the order book. TUI OTH has had to pay out ££££ to cover operating all of their package holiday flights and paying for the delays &.compo, and to charter extra aircraft - TUI do not cancel flights usually. TUI has had to front this cash and if the MAX does not return this season (as we now expect) then these costs for TUI will be in excess of 300m Euros. (FR can just cancel pax >14 days prior and refund the ticket cost with no other liability) |
TUI are getting an ordered number of max aircraft, as FR are getting a reported 8 per month rolling deal, maybe that is why.....
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Boeing’s compensation to airlines for the 737 Max grounding could include aircraft services, training support, adjusted delivery schedules or simply cash, the company’s chief executive Dennis Muilenburg said on 29 May. |
G-OOBG B757 ferried from St Athans to Manchester Monday lunch time after under going maintenance, presumably to re-enter service, whilst Olympus A321 SX-ACP was ferried from Manchester to Birmingham early Monday morning to be based, thus bring the expected Birmingham based Olympus aircraft up to 2 to operate for TUI.
Meanwhile the 3rd Olympus A321, SX-ABQ after being on the ground at Antalya for over 2 months, ferried to Athens, then onto East Midlands also Monday morning under a TUI flight number, for a few cabin modifications, before presumably being based at Manchester? Have TUI now got enough aircraft to operate the full summer schedule? |
Originally Posted by Matt995
(Post 10485867)
G-OOBG B757 ferried from St Athans to Manchester Monday lunch time after under going maintenance, presumably to re-enter service, whilst Olympus A321 SX-ACP was ferried from Manchester to Birmingham early Monday morning to be based, thus bring the expected Birmingham based Olympus aircraft up to 2 to operate for TUI.
Meanwhile the 3rd Olympus A321, SX-ABQ after being on the ground at Antalya for over 2 months, ferried to Athens, then onto East Midlands also Monday morning under a TUI flight number, for a few cabin modifications, before presumably being based at Manchester? Have TUI now got enough aircraft to operate the full summer schedule? Well maybe by now - They should have had 9 MAX on strength for S19 TUI were likely hanging on for the outcome of any RTS of the MAX and TUI would have had a cut off point to make decisions on fleet needs, but they and we, all know now the a/c will not be back this summer season. |
We were informed by TUI that we would be flying on an Olympus aircraft from Manchester to Dalaman on 27 May returning 3 Jun. Ended up on a delayed Sunwings aircraft from Dublin on 27th and returned on a B787-9 with originally 150+ empty seats. Sat on the aircraft for nearly 2 hours whilst we took on the pax from a Sunwings 737 to Norwich that had crew issues. The Sunwings aircraft went back to Norwich empty I believe whilst the not so happy Norwich pax came to Manchester prior to a long coach journey home back to Norwich. They were obviously not too pleased but credit to the Captain and crew of TOM715 who did a great job dealing with a difficult situation and the decisions obviously made by TUI Ops. Great flight home on the 787-9 making up some time. Certainly not an easy time for TUI but seem to be doing there best.
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Looking at the on time performances of G-OBYG and OBYH so far is pretty shocking, only a couple of flights have been on time.
Why are they departing an hour or two hours late in the mornings when it's the first flight of the day? Booked on MAN-RHO 22Jun - so far i have no doubt i'm gonna be delayed.. Matjr79 |
Originally Posted by matjr79
(Post 10487553)
Looking at the on time performances of G-OBYG and OBYH so far is pretty shocking, only a couple of flights have been on time.
Why are they departing an hour or two hours late in the mornings when it's the first flight of the day? Booked on MAN-RHO 22Jun - so far i have no doubt i'm gonna be delayed.. Matjr79 |
Originally Posted by azz767
(Post 10487613)
ive been checking as I’m on the MAN-IBZ flight on the 5th July and I have the same concerns. Having said that it was exactly the same last year they were both consistently late. Arriving back at really Stupid o"clock, instead of a bit daft o"clock on a wet October night was the final straw. We took our custom elsewhere - and changed our Airport of choice too - MAN never a happy customer experience anyway. |
Originally Posted by matjr79
(Post 10487553)
Looking at the on time performances of G-OBYG and OBYH so far is pretty shocking, only a couple of flights have been on time.
Why are they departing an hour or two hours late in the mornings when it's the first flight of the day? Booked on MAN-RHO 22Jun - so far i have no doubt i'm gonna be delayed.. Matjr79 |
28 hour delay on MAH-MAN, the aircraft is G-OOBG (recently brought back into service after a lengthy idle period at DGX). |
We have just been informed that our flight to Malta on 2nd July, originally on a TUI 737, will now be operated by a Getjet aircraft. Looking at the Getjet fleet it seems this must be an A320 since it is their only plane with a similar capacity to the 737. However, at 180 seats it is still 9 short of the 737 and I am concerned they will squeeze more rows in and restrict the leg room, since I am 6' 2" with a dodgy knee this could be very uncomfortable. I have now discovered that TUI Netherlands is leasing two such planes, does anyone have any knowledge of their experience?
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Originally Posted by ohmslaw
(Post 10498149)
We have just been informed that our flight to Malta on 2nd July, originally on a TUI 737, will now be operated by a Getjet aircraft. Looking at the Getjet fleet it seems this must be an A320 since it is their only plane with a similar capacity to the 737. However, at 180 seats it is still 9 short of the 737 and I am concerned they will squeeze more rows in and restrict the leg room, since I am 6' 2" with a dodgy knee this could be very uncomfortable. I have now discovered that TUI Netherlands is leasing two such planes, does anyone have any knowledge of their experience?
TUI cannot reconfigure and squeeze anymore rows in - if they have oversold then it is up to them to sort that problem out before the pax get to go on holiday. Your best bet at check in is to ask for exit row seats providing your dodgy knee does not prevent you from operating an emergency exit. Maybe TUI are offering extra legroom too? check that with your booking |
G-FDZT suffered a bird strike whilst operating EDI-ACE this morning. It turned back soon (although not immediately) after take-off and it looks like they tried to return to EDI but ended up at GLA. The aircraft is still there now and G-TAWA was ferried from BHX-GLA to operate the flight with an 11 hour delay. G-FDZZ was ferried from LGW-EDI to operate this evening's EDI-DLM with a comparatively minor delay of 1.5 hours. I must say I am fairly impressed with the way TUI have handled all of this, considering it is summer and the current aircraft shortages. I am actually quite surprised at how well it’s been dealt with – I guess the leased aircraft are helping loosen the schedule a little for now, although it isn’t peak summer yet. |
Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10498902)
G-FDZT suffered a bird strike .... but ended up at GLA. |
Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10498902)
G-FDZT suffered a bird strike whilst operating EDI-ACE this morning. It turned back soon (although not immediately) after take-off and it looks like they tried to return to EDI but ended up at GLA. The aircraft is still there now and G-TAWA was ferried from BHX-GLA to operate the flight with an 11 hour delay. G-FDZZ was ferried from LGW-EDI to operate this evening's EDI-DLM with a comparatively minor delay of 1.5 hours. I must say I am fairly impressed with the way TUI have handled all of this, considering it is summer and the current aircraft shortages. I am actually quite surprised at how well it’s been dealt with – I guess the leased aircraft are helping loosen the schedule a little for now, although it isn’t peak summer yet. how many times have we seen in the past airlines lease in capacity at short notice and they’ve leased in any old shed from any old airline and it’s caused even more disruption. It looks as though tui have done their homework with the max covers, especially Olympus and Alba star both of which are operating consistently on schedule |
Originally Posted by azz767
(Post 10499012)
what I find more impressive is that they have sourced leased in a/c that are operating reliably. how many times have we seen in the past airlines lease in capacity at short notice and they’ve leased in any old shed from any old airline and it’s caused even more disruption. It looks as though tui have done their homework with the max covers, especially Olympus and Alba star both of which are operating consistently on schedule Rather (perhaps unsurprisingly), Sunwing seems to be one of the main sources of burden. Today the NWI aircraft was poached for DUB flights (seems to be a recurring theme), meaning G-TAWU had to cover at NWI. The outbound ended up going MAN-NWI-LGW-PFO (perhaps for a crew change?) and then PFO-NWI-MAN. |
G-FDZT now back in service following the bird strike, positioned GLA-LGW. |
Random question...... flew onboard a Sunwing operated flight REU to ABZ today. 2x Canadian Pilots, 4x TUI Crew and 1x Sunwing Crew who was there to "oversee safety features." This Sunwing crew member stood at Door 1 on boarding, did not smile or welcome anyone onboard, whilst the TUI crew welcomed passengers. During the flight, the Sunwing crew member was in the back galley, handing out the hot food orders to the TUI crew as they operated the bar service.
My question is therefore when the TUI aircraft go over to Canada in winter, is there a TUI member of crew who accompanies the Sunwing crews to also oversee safety features? Perhaps because the TUI aircraft change to the Canadian registrations during winter that there is no need for this? Thanks. |
G-TAWX
Does anyone know what happened to G-TAWX? Flew the CWL-MAH route yesterday morning but stayed there. G-TAWO came to CWL to operate yesterday’s schedule and G-TAWD positioned LGW-MAH for the return flight to Cardiff late last night and is operating out of there today. |
There is a requirement on Canadian registered aircraft for the crew to be fluent in French and all announcements (even between UK and the Med) to be in both English and French. It is likely therefore the easiest way for that to be proven as complied with, is to put a SWG crew member on board.
Some of the aircraft going to Canada sometimes remain on the UK register, some are re-registered onto the C register. The SWG crew can therefore comply with any CAA rules since they all speak English. |
I always wonder why SWG always change some of the TOM aircraft to C-ref but TOM never change any of the SWG aircraft to G-reg. I believe other European TUI airlines do change some of their SWG aircraft over to their own respective reg. |
Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10502569)
I always wonder why SWG always change some of the TOM aircraft to C-ref but TOM never change any of the SWG aircraft to G-reg. I believe other European TUI airlines do change some of their SWG aircraft over to their own respective reg. |
New Routes for W19 and S20
Birmingham - Agadir Eff 07Nov19 1x weekly B737-800 Birmingham - Marsa Alam Eff 04Nov19 1x weekly B737-800 Bristol - Memmingen Eff 21DEC19 1x weekly B737-800 Bristol - Reykjavik Eff 26Jan20 - 04Mar20 2x weeky B737-800 Edinburgh - Malaga Eff 01Mar20 1x weekly B737 Max8 Edinburgh - Toulouse Eff 29Dec19 - 08Mar20 1x weekly B737 Max8 London Gatwick - Memmingen Eff 21Dec19 1x weekly B737-800 London Stansted - Chambery Eff 14Dec19 1x weekly B737-800 Manchester - Marsa Alam Eff 06Nov19 1x weekly B737 Max8 Reported by Routes Online. |
Is Memmingen for ski pax?
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Originally Posted by rog747
(Post 10503130)
Is Memmingen for ski pax?
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Both the EDI routes have been operated in W18/S19 using chartered BACF a/c.
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The dates for Bristol-Reykjavik (Keflavik) are confusing. Have they been transposed? TUI is already down to operate the route at 2 x weekly in January and February 2020 with the last flights on 1 March. A transposition of dates would simply mean the route's season is extended by three weeks.
easyJet already operates through the winter at up to 3 x weekly on BRS-KEF. Addendum I note the dates have now been amended in the original post. These dates have been in the TUI booking timetable and on sale for a long time. |
add Newcastle - Agadir to that S20 list
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Sunwings B737-800 C-FFPH diverted to Edinburgh from Aberdeen, does anyone know why?
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Originally Posted by Plane mad 134
(Post 10504636)
Sunwings B737-800 C-FFPH diverted to Edinburgh from Aberdeen, does anyone know why?
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G-TAWW (their youngest 738) has been playing up a fair bit recently. It had to be covered at least twice whilst it was based in BOH recently IIRC and has been stuck in NBE for 11 hours today. |
Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10510723)
G-TAWW (their youngest 738) has been playing up a fair bit recently. It had to be covered at least twice whilst it was based in BOH recently IIRC and has been stuck in NBE for 11 hours today. Yep indeed when it goes Pete Tong it really does in high season - not something you want when you already have about a dozen ACMI airlines on your books to cover the 9 MAX's From AVHerald Incident: Titan A320 operating for TUI flight BY517 RAK-LGW Mayday near Bordeaux on Jul 5th 2019, engine stall A Titan Airways Airbus A320 on behalf of TUI Airways, registration G-POWM was enroute from Marrakesh at FL360 over the Bay of Biscay about 100nm northwest of Bordeaux when the crew declared a Mayday reporting they were descending due to an engine (IAE V2527) stall. The aircraft diverted to Bordeaux for a safe landing on runway 23 about 35 minutes later. A listener on frequency reported the crew called Mayday due to an engine stall and reported they were descending. After working the checklists they requested to divert to Bordeaux. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Bordeaux about 31 hours after landing. So Titan then have now try to cover the AOG of this one for the TUI contracts.... |
Anyone know why today’s MAN-IBZ is type changed to a 789? Not complaining as I’m on the return leg but just curious. There’s a hefty delay so I’m assuming the 767’s are problematic (which they seem to have been running behind schedule most of the summer so far) |
Originally Posted by azz767
(Post 10517179)
Anyone know why today’s MAN-IBZ is type changed to a 789? Not complaining as I’m on the return leg but just curious. There’s a hefty delay so I’m assuming the 767’s are problematic (which they seem to have been running behind schedule most of the summer so far) |
G-OOBA operating GLA-ZTH 24 hours late today. G-TUIL has been ferried up to operate today’s GLA-DLM. A lucky upgrade for the DLM pax but horrible delay for the ZTH and they’re still on the 757. |
Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10518837)
G-OOBA operating GLA-ZTH 24 hours late today. G-TUIL has been ferried up to operate today’s GLA-DLM. A lucky upgrade for the DLM pax but horrible delay for the ZTH and they’re still on the 757. |
I don’t think anyone out there is having what could be called a good summer. Operationally and commercially, it looks as though 2019 is shaping up as a year that the whole industry will prefer to forget. |
Originally Posted by Albert Hall
(Post 10519458)
I don’t think anyone out there is having what could be called a good summer. Operationally and commercially, it looks as though 2019 is shaping up as a year that the whole industry will prefer to forget. |
40 hour delay on DSA-KGS. Was due out Wednesday afternoon, only just left now... |
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