Looks like it’s all gone wrong at EMA today for TUI have had a 757 covering for a tech 737 then the replacement 737 they brought in from LGW to cover Larnarca went sick so now a 25hr delay on that flight.

Does anyone know why G-TAWA operated the following yesterday?

STN-FAO-STN-GLA-CIA-PMI-ABZ-STN

Seems very bizarre to me, since when did TUI fly to CIA?

Although, on Saturday I believe the outbound GLA-PMI and inbound PMI-ABZ were both cancelled (with the aircraft simply staying at GLA and then positioning back to ABZ at night) so perhaps this was some attempt to operate those flights? Doesn’t explain the CIA routing though and a Titan 767 had to be drafted in to cover the STN schedule...

Is it just me who finds it strange that YK was transferred from Nordic to UK but hasn’t flown from the UK and is set to remain in Scandinavia? Also, YH has been working pretty much constantly from Scandinavia for a while now, I’d say defineitly at least one year, possibly two years.

And yeah, I guess so, YG wasn’t at LTN for long though. When G-TUIJ arrived back from Dubai it did a couple of l/h flights and then seemed to be the backup s/h aircraft covering 738/752 flights from DUB and BRS. I think they have a fair bit of spare capacity with the Dreamliners just now but I would imagine they’ll surely be more fully-utilised in the high season? Until the other day, LGW had three 789s and MAN had one but it now seems to be two at each.

Thanks for your reply!

Yeah I know what you mean with things going wrong lol!

I wonder if anyone from TUI on here has access to this info. As I said originally, it’s a bit of a long shot but essentially I’d like to know what frame I’ll be on in a couple of weeks. Currently an older 737 is based and I’d like one with Sky Interior... one can only hope!

Some serious delays today...

BY526 GLA-DLM was 8.5 hours late departing GLA as G-BYAW had to be drafted in from MAN (which G-OBYF ended up covering for there) due to GLA's G-CPEU not moving until tonight's BOJ which still left a bit late. G-BYAW due back in GLA from DLM with a delay of over 8.5 hours.

BY7144 BHX-NAP on G-OOBN actually arrived early but the aircraft then remained at NAP for over 11 hours before operating the return to BHX which is now due around 10 hours late (G-BYAY had to be drafted in from LGW to cover).

To top it all off, BY192 MAN-CUN has just left MAN with a significant delay of 14 hours so far. G-TUIH was already late operating MRU-LGW and then had to position up to MAN presumably since G-TUIJ hasn’t moved today.

TUIH operated BY193 and is now on its way back down to LGW. TUIJ has been sitting at MAN for 38 hours.

Furthermore, LGW's s/h TUID operated l/h from LGW yesterday and MAN today. MAN's s/h TUIC has gone down to LGW to cover the s/h schedule there.

TUIA also took a 5 hour tech delay on the NCL-SFB yesterday. TUIJ has just landed in NCL, positioning in to operate the TOM524 NCL-CUN.

Quite a few unfortunate tech issues which couldn’t be foreseen. An engineering pal tells me they required a tyre change down route in NAP highlighting the importance of FOD checks at airfields.

Having monitored the operations since Saturdays pains at BHX what is interesting is that TOM cannot cancel any flights due to the nature of their business. So it takes them a few days to catchup when taking in to account crew hours and aircraft all running behind.

Scheduled airlines can cancel to give them some slack in the programme and customers just have to claim or rebook.

Basically the TOM operation has looked a bit messy lately but it appears to have been compounded by the issues on Saturday along with recent issues across Europe. Some longer sector times against the average so I assume some flight planning changes - maybe strikes somewhere.

Have all their B789s now arrived for the year? -L and -M both arrived this year. Anyone know when their first Max arrives and how many will be in place by next summer?

PH-OYI is currently on route GLA-LTN, initially I assumed it had been helping out to get the schedule back on track but it seems it operated GLA-EWR yesterday, was this a charter? And is it going to LTN for a similar reason?

I see that G-OBYF has swapped with G-OBYH and is now in Scandinavia with YH back in the UK after a long time away.

Not sure this keeps happening but TUI keep seem to be having a problem with their Sunday night programme to Cyprus.
i am not sure if the scheduling and crewing teams are not building enough flexibility into the schedules this summer.

Second week of May Luton Paphos flight had a two hour slot delay so only operated outbound and had to wait for crew to have min rest before inbound flight could operate. Then two weeks ago a 3 hour tech delay on EMA - LCA again meant crew out of hours so flight delayed 24hrs then last night a 2.40 delay on EXT-LCA again crew out of hours so flight delayed 12 hours.

Just don’t seem to be seeing same problems with other carriers but do note some plan two hours between arrival of inbound aircraft before operating outbound Cyprus flights so any delays don’t eat into crew hours

Yes, I have noticed this before with EXT-LCA so it’s at least the second time it’s happened from there. IIRC G-TAWJ wasn’t even late arriving back into EXT before the LCA flight but it just didn’t leave and G-FDZF had to be drafted in from MAN to cover the next day.

The DUB operation is also a mess lately. Friday’s TFS was cancelled, rescheduled for 0540 Saturday morning, didn’t depart until around 1530. The same afternoons KGS was cancelled & rescheduled for Sunday. Had a BY 757 in Saturday & Sunday to clear the backlog. The Monday night BOJ returned shortly after departure, was flown yesterday by a BY 787. They’ve had more problems in the previous weeks but they’re the only problems I know of first hand.

Yeah, TOM have had to send their own aircraft over (737/757/787) to DUB lots to cover the SWG aircraft. There have been a couple of occasions where I’ve noticed DUB-PMI often running 12+ hours late on a 787.

A 757 was also in NWI recently covering there. I haven’t noticed as many problems at BFS or LBA but sure there have been some.

I'm sure problems with Sunwing's reliability in the past has pushed TOM to move their own aircraft to bases (I.e. EDI which has now had a TOM plane based for around five years having previously being Sunwing) but they simply don’t have the spare capacity right now. Perhaps when the MAXs arrive they will but those are primarily to replace the 757s so I can’t see there being a lot of expansion, but possibly some. GLA, CWL and DSA are all set to gain an aircraft next summer too.

Not looking good at GLA today. This morning's 06:00 DBV never left and G-OOBC hasn’t moved all day. G-BYAY is currently approaching GLA presumably to operate this flight but there is also a 15:50 ACE still to be operated.