TUI Airways

[Aviador]

Thanks @KARFA a very informative answer.

 

[White Heather]

Well to be fair to TUi, it appears they are going to position another aircraft in to operate the delayed Mahon flight today as it is showing on the departures board as due out around 1945, 1 hour 20 minutes before the Sunwing is due back from Corfu.

 

[lbaspotter]

Tui Airways, Boeing 737-800, G-FDZG is positioning into Leeds now as "TOM9016" from Manchester to operate this evenings delayed TOM3506 service to Mahon

 

[lbaspotter]

Managed to get a not so good pic from a stanningley of the TUi Airways Boeing 737-800, G-FDZG (in #familylife livery) whilst on finals to runway 32 this evening as TOM9016

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[Finger66]

Don't know if any of you are actually aware what TUI stands for. It's apparently Turns Up Intermittently!

 

[lbaspotter]

Don't know if any of you are actually aware what TUI stands for. It's apparently Turns Up Intermittently!

In LBA's case, that stands!

Im sure the captain said f--K you Yorkshire lot, I'm off home to MANC and I don't care...

 

[Finger66]

In LBA's case, that stands!

Im sure the captain said f--K you Yorkshire lot, I'm off home to MANC and I don't care...

Ah! I see where you are coming from. The captain was clearly a Totally Useless Idiot

 

[lbaspotter]

TUi have dropped the weekly Tuesday afternoon Dalaman service for next Summer 2019.
The LBA based aircraft on Tuesday will revert to operating a Palma w-leg to another UK airport.

 

[Bigman]

Very disappointing. Back to post #781 again I think!!!

 

[Aviador]

TUi have dropped the weekly Tuesday afternoon Dalaman service for next Summer 2019.
The LBA based aircraft on Tuesday will revert to operating a Palma w-leg to another UK airport.

They could serve a Greek destination or somewhere more exotic than Palma, but it's back to Palma the good old Tommy default button.

 

[White Heather]

We were told that Turkey was now really going places and we saw a considerable increase in flights this year. Jet2 next year are still committed to Turkey and have introduced Izmir too, but both Thomas Cook and TUi have now reduced their offering in Turkey for summer 2019 - the former by more than half. So has the Turkish bubble burst or are Thomas Cook and TUi losing the battle to Jet2 out of LBA?

 

[lbaspotter]

Oh no we've lost another one! TUI have now removed the planned Thursday Palma-Majorca rotation for next summer 2019 which was originally planned to be operated by Albastar.

Meanwhile the based aircraft will now no longer operate a w-leg on Mondays. Instead it will do a Ibiza rotation then in the afternoon do the Corfu service (Instead of the Late night departure that its operated over past 2 years)

 

[Bigman]

I honestly don't know why they bother!!! Do they really want to operate from here or not??? Post #781 again I think!!

 

[lbaspotter]

So this is how summer 2019 now looks for Tui @ LBA

Mondays
TOM3172 = LBA 06:10 – IBZ 09:50 / TOM3173 = IBZ 11:05 – LBA 12:45
TOM3156 = LBA 14:00 – CFU 19:25 / TOM3157 = CFU 20:30 – LBA 22:00
Tuesdays
TOM3250 = LBA 08:05 – PMI 11:45 / TOM3251 = PMI 20:30 – LBA 22:15
Wednesdays
TOM3384 = LBA 06:15 – PMI 09:55 / TOM3385 = PMI 10:55 – LBA 12:40
TOM3338 = LBA 13:55 – PFO 20:35 / TOM3339 = PFO 21:50 – LBA 00:50*
Thursdays
TOM3491 = LBA 06:20 – DBV 10:10 / TOM3491 = DBV 11:10 – LBA 13:15
TOM3404 = LBA 14:35 – BOJ 20:05 / TOM3405 = BOJ 21:20 – LBA 22:50
Fridays
TOM3550 = LBA 08:25 – CFU 13:50 / TOM3551 = CFU 15:00 – LBA 16:30
TOM3506 = LBA 17:50 – MAH 21:20 / TOM3507 = MAH 22:20 – LBA 23:50
Saturdays
TOM3618 = LBA 07:50 – PMI 11:30 / TOM3619 = PMI 12:30 – LBA 14:15
NOS6833 = LBA 13:10 – VRN 16:30 / NOS6832 = VRN 10:50 – LBA 12:20
TOM3646 = LBA 15:25 – RHO 21:35 / TOM3647 = RHO 22:35 – LBA 01:05*
Sundays
TOM3762 = LBA 07:00 – PMI 10:40 / TOM3763 = PMI 11:55 – LBA 13:40
TOM368 = LBA 15:05 – AYT 21:15 / TOM369 = AYT 22:15 – LBA 00:40*

* Denotes that the aircraft arrives LBA early hours the following morning

Airport Codes
AYT = Antalya
BOJ = Bourgas
CFU = Corfu
DBV = Dubrovnik
IBZ = Ibiza
MAH = Mahon
PFO = Cyprus Paphos
PMI = Palma
RHO = Rhodes
VRN = Verona

Airline Codes
TOM = TUi Fly UK
NO = Neos

 

[White Heather]

Do we have two Neos flights then next year? LBA management have stated that the Innsbruck flights on Saturday are to be operated by Neos 737s too.

 

[louis_walton]

TUI need to either heavily commit or not bother! They seem to only give routes a year too grow and if they don't axe them, if only we worked for them...

 

[White Heather]

They won't heavily commit at LBA while they have a DSA base - or at least a base of the current size, as despite the fact LBA and DSA have different catchment areas, as far as TUi are concerned, any expansion at LBA would be likely to impact on DSA, and for now, they are committed to that airport. Frankly, I would rather have what we have (a single based aircraft) than nothing. Lets just see what happens after the LBA terminal developments are completed, and we have more stands, and around that time, the DSA contract may be up for renewal too. As I have said before, with TUi in the UK based at Luton, an airport now under the same ownership as LBA, our owners, AMP Capital, are possibly in a better position to negotiate a deal with TUi than their predecessors were.

 

[lbaspotter]

Do we have two Neos flights then next year? LBA management have stated that the Innsbruck flights on Saturday are to be operated by Neos 737s too.

Nope Neos are only down showing to operate the weekly Verona charter flight for TUI on Saturdays. Ingham's Holidays are still showing Flybe operating the weekly Innsbruck flight on Saturdays...

Flight details as follows.
NOS6832 = VRN 10:50 - LBA 12:20 / NOS6833 = LBA 13:10 - VRN 16:30 (Ops May 11th to September 21st 2019)
BEE9226 = INN 10:30 - LBA 11:35 / BEE9225 = LBA 12:25 - INN 15:30 (Ops June 8th to September 21st 2019)

 

[White Heather]

I note that Neos, Nouvelair and the Turkish Airline, Freebird, are all now listed as LBA airline partners on the LBA website. The use of a Neos 737 on the Innsbruck route was quite definite and confirmed in the Consultative Meeting minutes, so I guess we will have to wait and see what turns up.

 

[a300boy]

Would seem that the management have mixed up the routes and operating airline.
As you say lets wait and see what happens.
Nice to see some variety of airlines but it would have been nice to keep the Tommy Cook A321s as well.