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Originally Posted by 737James
(Post 10159980)
Anybody know whats going on with TUI at EMA I thought it was a 737 only base but for the last two days a 757 has been based there and operating some of the flights.
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Miked11- I think it must have been planned for the 757 to go to EMA yesterday as there was no significant delays which would happen if 737 ZE had gone tech as would have had to have call out 757 crew and get aircraft from BHX to EMA I wonder if bookings for 2018 have been strong from EMA so they will be using a 757 for the summer if so anyone know what routes it’s operating ? |
Originally Posted by PDXCWL45
(Post 10160099)
Cardiff, Luton and Doncaster will all have 3 based aircraft from 2019.
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Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10160723)
Will Glasgow go back to two based aircraft? |
Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10160723)
Will Glasgow go back to two based aircraft? |
Does anyone know why today's BY1345 PUY-EDI (G-TAWD) was diverted to BHX? G-TAWD is now sitting at BHX and G-FDZE has just positioned BHX-EDI. The aircraft was actually closer to MAN before making a sharp turn and flying south to BHX. G-TAWD only just arrived at EDI from BHX yesterday after swapping with G-TAWH which has been sitting at BHX all day. |
Originally Posted by PDXCWL45
(Post 10160732)
I have no idea but I'd be surprised if they downsized it if it's a 3 aircraft base.
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Originally Posted by awwdabaaby
(Post 10160733)
yes, think it will be a 757 and 738 base next year
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Originally Posted by PDXCWL45
(Post 10160732)
I have no idea but I'd be surprised if they downsized it if it's a 3 aircraft base.
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G-TAWD
Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10160735)
Does anyone know why today's BY1345 PUY-EDI (G-TAWD) was diverted to BHX? G-TAWD is now sitting at BHX and G-FDZE has just positioned BHX-EDI. The aircraft was actually closer to MAN before making a sharp turn and flying south to BHX. G-TAWD only just arrived at EDI from BHX yesterday after swapping with G-TAWH which has been sitting at BHX all day. Whether this will be the case next summer I am not sure as the timetable shows 8 based short-haul up one from summer 2018. Pete |
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?
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Originally Posted by inOban
(Post 10161005)
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?
It really does seem to be quite variable with regard to frequency of swapping aircraft. Some bases seem to be constantly swapping whilst others seem to almost never swap. I remember an aircraft was based at DSA for over eight months straight last year... I was always under the impression that LTN was the mainitenace based and that the aim of swapping was to eventually get the aircraft into LTN. I’m not sure if this is actually the case though. |
Originally Posted by OltonPete
(Post 10160939)
Not sure about the reason for this diversion but BHX usually has a spare aircraft, either a 757 or 737 so I suppose it makes sense if there is an issue. Previous divert was 26th May 757 G-CPEV MAN-PMI (fuel transfer issue?) and at the time G-CPEU was the spare although EV eventually continued to Palma.
Whether this will be the case next summer I am not sure as the timetable shows 8 based short-haul up one from summer 2018. Pete Just out of curiosity, where do you find the “timetable” that you mention, or do you work with TUI? |
TUI
Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10161067)
Yes I have actually noticed this too this year, regarding BHX having a spare aircraft, I always thought that MAN normally had a spare aircraft in the past. Just seemed a bit coincidental that G-TAWD was BHX based until yesterday and is now already back there today, and unfortunate that EDI have ended up with G-FDZE lol. Just out of curiosity, where do you find the “timetable” that you mention, or do you work with TUI? |
Originally Posted by OltonPete
(Post 10161104)
No I am not part of the airline business. The timetable is part on the online flight only booking portal - hopefully this link opens but note aircraft types are not shown other than the 787 services TUI
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PORTO SANTO
Does anyone know what is happening this year to the weekly LGW-PXO flight? According to TUI's website it should be operating, but it was not listed this Monday or the previous one. However, Norwegian have operated the route for at least two weeks on Mondays at a time similar to TUI's schedule, though it is not offered on their website. |
Originally Posted by Gurnard
(Post 10161390)
PORTO SANTO
Does anyone know what is happening this year to the weekly LGW-PXO flight? According to TUI's website it should be operating, but it was not listed this Monday or the previous one. However, Norwegian have operated the route for at least two weeks on Mondays at a time similar to TUI's schedule, though it is not offered on their website. |
W-Patterns
This may sound like a stilly question but I was wondering how the crewing of W-patterns works? For example, how would ABZ-DLM-GLA-DLM-ABZ be crewed? And would it be any different for shorter flights like ABZ-PMI-GLA-PMI-ABZ? |
Originally Posted by ROC10
(Post 10162557)
This may sound like a stilly question but I was wondering how the crewing of W-patterns works? For example, how would ABZ-DLM-GLA-DLM-ABZ be crewed? And would it be any different for shorter flights like ABZ-PMI-GLA-PMI-ABZ? The same happens on the shorter flights you mentioned. |
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. |
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. |
Originally Posted by boeing_eng
(Post 10163692)
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. 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 |
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. |
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. |
J93102
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 |
Does anyone know why G-TUIJ has been in Abu Dhabi for two weeks now? |
Delayed maintenance we have been told!
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Originally Posted by sparkie320
(Post 10164843)
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 |
KLM engineering at NWI I do believe
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Originally Posted by J93102
(Post 10165092)
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. |
FYI TUIC & D now in 325 summer s/haul config
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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) |
Originally Posted by sergy2k
(Post 10166648)
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) |
Originally Posted by Rutan16
(Post 10165245)
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. |
G-TUIJ finally en route back to Manchester after two weeks in Abu Dhabi. |
Is the only standby aircraft a B789?
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Originally Posted by J93102
(Post 10166805)
Many thanks for the responses. So is it possible UK crews operate flights for TUI Netherlands too? |
Standby aircraft
Originally Posted by EI-A330-300
(Post 10169563)
Is the only standby aircraft a B789?
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 |
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 mark |
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