TOM 33P

[Mr_Grubby]

TOM 33P landed 18:36 at Gatwick from Tenerife 7th Nov.

Can anybody tell me the reg & type of plane ?

C.

[Big Eric]

Have a look on here in a few days time, once it's updated :- lgw nov 2011

[JimmyTAP]

Flight Radar24 gives it as G-OOAH, an Airbus A321-211.

[chevvron]

Are you sure it was from Tenerife? In my experience (and I admit I could be wrong) TOM flights usually have a 4 number callsign (eg TOM 4033) rather than just 2, and the 'P' suffix with most operators indicates an empty positioning flight.

[StainesFS]

Flight Radar 24 shows it taking off from Tenerife.

SFS

[Skipness One Echo]

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G-OOPH

Flight Radar24 gives it as G-OOAH, an Airbus A321-211.

Was re-registered years ago as Thomson already had G-BYAH and they only wanted one "Alpha Hotel" in the fleet.

[ANDYSPPR]

Just as a follow up to Chevron's reply. TOM flights along with most TCX, RYR and EZY flights now use alpha-numeric call signs. These are suppossed to make communication between the aircrew and atc better but I am not convinced.

Flights with a 'P' suffix used to be positioning flights, and sometimes still are, but they are also used for lots of other flights. For example, over the summer TOM58P was TOM 5517 (MAH - STN) and TOM69P was TOM4655 (PMI - LGW).

I try and maintain a list of these flights (for my own amusement) and currently have about 3100 listed. The codes change as the seasons change. I am currently updating the list as the clocks have changed and this seems to make everyone change. If anyone has any data I can use, or even better knows how to get hold of 'official' info I would love to hear from them. Also if anyone wants a copy of my excel file with the details then let me know.

Cheers, Andy S

[ericlday]

Can confirm that 33P was ex TFS but do not know the destination.

[JimmyTAP]

Was re-registered years ago as Thomson already had G-BYAH and they only wanted one "Alpha Hotel" in the fleet.

Well that is what Flight Radar 24 quoted it as. Someone needs to update their database.

[Cazza_fly]

Are you sure it was from Tenerife? In my experience (and I admit I could be wrong) TOM flights usually have a 4 number callsign (eg TOM 4033) rather than just 2, and the 'P' suffix with most operators indicates an empty positioning flight.

To passengers TOM flight have a 4 digit flight number on Intra-EU flights. Non-EU flights have 3 digits following the airline code TOM.

[Mr_Grubby]

Thank you guys.

You have answered all my questions.

Thanks again,

Clint.

[Skipness One Echo]

I try and maintain a list of these flights (for my own amusement) and currently have about 3100 listed. The codes change as the seasons change. I am currently updating the list as the clocks have changed and this seems to make everyone change. If anyone has any data I can use, or even better knows how to get hold of 'official' info I would love to hear from them. Also if anyone wants a copy of my excel file with the details then let me know.

I used to do this when they were first introduced with BA. I think it was British Regional and their complete randomness that forced me to abandon it. There is no one repository for this information as it's generated by the airline and shared with ATC, multiply airlines by ATC units and you have a multiplicity of sources. libhomeradar and the like are not accurate and often out of dates as alha numerics are reallocated at end of season by some airlines, Lufthansa springs to mind. Some are consistent for years however!