Doesn’t seem to be TUI finest last few weeks with B787 G-TUIF In Birmingham and now G-TUIJ stuck in BGI as apparently was struck by an ambilift just before departure back to LGW

Anyone know what happened to TUIA in Cancun yesterday?

Noted TUIJ making her way back across the Atlantic to LGW during the day yesterday so whatever happened can't have been too serious.

Norse 789 running BY60 to BGI currently, as it did yesterday.

Every Summer TUI struggle with widebodies. It makes their decision to leave one sitting in the sunshine even more staggering

TUI Summer 2024 Fleet Allocation
 

TUI Fleet Allocation for Summer 2024 (based on high season August 2024):-


Belfast 1 x A320 Avion Express Malta

Birmingham 1 x B789 TUI Airways, 1 x B788 TUI Airways, 2 x B7M8 TUI Airways, 6 x B738 TUI Airways, 2 x B738 Fly4 Airlines

Bournemouth 2 x B738 TUI Airways

Bristol 6 x B7M8 TUI Airways

Cardiff 2 x B738 TUI Airways, 1 x A320 Avion Express Malta

Dublin 2 x A320 Avion Express Malta

East Midlands 2 x B7M8 TUI Airways, 2 x B738 TUI Airways, 2 x B738 Fly4 Airlines

Exeter 1 x B738 TUI Airways

Gatwick 2 x B789 TUI Airways, 3 x B788 TUI Airways, 3 x B7M8 TUI Airways, 1 x B7M8 Ascend Airways, 4 x B738 TUI Airways, 1 x B738 Ascend Airways, 2 x A320 Titan Airways

Glasgow 4 x B7M8 TUI Airways, 1 x B788 TUI Airways (Wed to Mon)

Luton 1 x B738 TUI Airways

Manchester 2 x B789 TUI Airways, 1 x B789 TUI Fly Nordic, 2 x B788 TUI Airways, 1 x B788 TUI Airways (Tue to Thu), 4 x B7M8 TUI Airways, 3 x B7M8 Smart Lynx Malta, 6 x B738 TUI Airways

Newcastle 1 x B788 TUI Airways (Fri to Wed), 3 x B7M8 TUI Airways, 2 x B738 TUI Airways

Norwich 1 x B738 Air Explorer

Stansted 2 x B738 TUI Airways

Well whatever is wrong with it, it remains in CUN today. Passengers stayed in local hotels on Saturday night and bussed to the airport on Sunday for a second-go.. This also failed, leading to passengers going to a hotel again for a second night.

The older 787s are a curse. They really are.

There is no longer one sitting in the desert
As far as I known, it has now been de-registered and no longer TUI "property"

Doesn't appear to have been ever officially registered

A Privilege 772 seems to be running to CUN from LGW yesterday/today. Not sure if that is a rescue for IA or covering a LGW tech too.

Re Matt995 post 1746 above.

All leased a/c will operate under TUI Airways TOM flight numbers, with the exception of of the two Dublin based A320's
These will operate under TUI Nordic BLX flight numbers.

Jethro any ideas how many Maxs 8 TUI will be taking this year? they have 19 at present (inc 2 with Sunwings), and I believe another 3 on order, that makes it 22, but the August timetable shows they need 28, so the 22 plus 3 Smartlynx, and 1 Ascend makes its 26, 2 short?

they have just added an extra 1 at EMA, and 1 more at GLA from July, so maybe 2 more around June/July to be delivered?

I have also heard a rumour that 2 Maxs 8s from Enter Air might be based a BHX instead this summer?

Should have left CUN at 1700 but now showing revised 2025

On it's way, FR24 has it due MAN 10.25

Sorry, as yet I only know of the three you've referred to.
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Would that account for the '2 short' again, referred to?

Any news on what’s happening to Neil?

Summer 2024
 

It looks like they are reducing flights.

BHX''s 12th aircraft original all season then reduced to July & August appears to disappear Sunday, Monday & Wednesday and I suspect Tuesday will be adjusted shortly. I wonder if another base has lost an aircraft part-week?

BHX seat wise was already down on summer 2023 and to lose the 12th all summer would be poor but of course FR, U2 & LS have all increased.

Pete
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Bristol is seeing a reduction in frequency on a number of destinations that sees some days with 5 and some days with 6 based aircraft.

GLA-NAP is reduced from 2 to 1 weekly, with the Monday flight removed.

On Tuesdays, the original plan of GLA-PMI-ABZ-PMI-GLA has been changed to GLA-PMI-EDI-PMI-GLA from what I can see.

Looks like it remains 4 737's at GLA, however Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon, and both Sunday morning and afternoon currently require 1 less aircraft.