ThompsonFly at DSA
 

Can anyone tell me please why ThomsonFly are not got any new flight
from Robin Hood (DSA) this winter

ThomPsonFly....who are they ? :rolleyes:

What about SZG?

or what about PDV?

Thomsonfly

This should be in the DSA thread!

Regards

Mike

Plovdiv is new, not sure if Salzburg was operated last summer or not

But TOM need some competition at DSA. They are not exploiting DSA to its full potential. I could easily see TOM not expanding at all in the next few years

Terraplaneblues,

My guess its a slightly miss informed reporter as Hapag Lloyd express is at the moment merging with Hapagfly and Thomsonfly is not only a lowcost airline as it also encompasses the charter airline.

Now a merger between the merged German airline and Thomsonfly may be a possibilty however I'd say it was unlikely given the totally different terms and conditions of the staff in both airlines.

That all said what would I know :\

Hapagfly - Thomsonfly
 

I thought Hapagfly and Thomsonfly were part
of the TUI group!!!

Perhaps not a merger but more an integration
within the group.

MM

My point was made by looking at other airports and airlines. Jet 2 at LBA, FR at NEMA being two local examples. They are expanding, adding new routes. TOM at DSA are stagnant. There is plenty of potential destinations I think they could make work such as Venice and Valencia

Thomsonfly
 

Is Thomsonfly a LoCo in the generally understood way, or does it sell seats on Charter flights to fill them up ?
Or is it a combination depending on flight / destination ?
My particular interest is MAN - AGP which seems to only operate on certain days, and then at differing times which seems odd for a LoCo.

As far as I understand, although I stand to be corrected:

Flights from BOH, CVT and DSA are 'traditional' loco scheduled routes.

Nearly all other flights are seat only's on normal charter routes. However I think a limited amount of flights from Gatwick, Luton, Manchester and Cardiff are also lo-cost only. The Thomsonfly website states

So LGW/LTN/MAN and CWL must be a mixture. confused? :confused:

I believe the current definition is "hybrid." Thomsonfly's business model allows it to span lo-co, charter and potentially other definitions. No reason why not: after all, the Rolling Stones do ballads as well as Jumping Jack Flash.

Depending on the Route + Pax it would be probably a 733, 735, 738 doing a Lo-Cost or if demand exceeds they may use a 757.

At MAN this winter there are 733 flights to AGA, AGP, PMI, but this could all change by the hour! to a 757.

It is confusing to make out which is Charter and which is Lo-cost? I bet they even get confused!!

I wouldn't be surprised if TOM opened up another Hub probables are, DTV, NOR, to compete with STN, or maybe ABZ?

I would think any new Hub would be in the North, As the south is already covered by BOH, CVT.

I still miss the BY days!!

Regards.:ok:

Thomson owner to axe 2,600 UK jobs
 

Report in the Guardian on Saturday 9th December about redundancies in Thomson UK.

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story...ticle_continue

Pressaug was an industrial comglonerate which re-inventived itself as TUI

TUI UK management has ony one master the board in Hanover and ultimately the shareholders and only two skills. a) Bring in a contracor. b) Outsource anything/everything.

There are still, and its hard to believe, travel professionals within TUI and also an airline Britannia.

TUI will move on and when it has a UK travel company Lunn Poly/Thomson and Britannia will be no more.

EGBE0523

I am afraid that you are a bit behind the times. Lunn Poly is no more, it is now Thomson. Britannia is no more, it is now Thomson fly.

!!!!ehawk

I suspect that Thomsonfly only has a limited shelf life before it becomes tuifly.

Or maybe R.I.P!

Shame...
 

Thought as much when TUI took over Britannia, I knew they would let it go by the way side, it is now a sad reflection of it's glorious past...

Teach