TUI Airways

[TheLocalYokel]

Yes, the same has happened again. Despite the EXT-FAO being scheduled for a 07:30 departure, G-FDZR only left BRS for EXT at 09:30, meaning the FAO flight didn't leave EXT until after 10:50.

Unless they position in another aircraft for this afternoon's ACE flight, the same thing may well happen again. The inbound ACE-EXT is due in at 23:40. With the current delay, this could be as late as 3am.

I recently wrote a rather lengthy explanation of BRS's night time movements and night time noise quota restrictions. There are exemptions
for such things as 'wider air traffic congestion, air strikes and medical emergencies'. I'm not sure whether these diversions will be exempt.

If not and because BRS is close to its night time limits, the EXT diversions might not be welcome at Lulsgate if they become too regular.

 

[Silvercity]

ROC10 posted this in the BRS TUI forum during the night. It might explain the delayed EXT-FAO this morning.

There looked to be quite a lot of fed up passengers, but you would be having an 07.30 departure and not then departing until 10.40.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

There looked to be quite a lot of fed up passengers, but you would be having an 07.30 departure and not then departing until 10.40.

Yes, getting up at silly o'clock then finding that there is a substantial delay to your flight is not something that would delight many. It's one of the things that makes air travel 'interesting'.

 

[Flybeboy]

Going back to the second jet, bournmouth are only getting it fron friday morning to sunday night as its needed very early on monday. That leaves two gaps at exeter on tuesday morning and thursday from 16.00. So ether it will be doing the tuesday tennerife flight and the ex palma alba star flight or there will be two extra routes to be announced soon. Like reus on tui website it still says tennerife ops by norweigan at 13.05 and the palma flight alba star at 10.45 thursday .the jet must possition to bourn early fri the dept is at 07.50 so it could leave exeter around 06.15 then the same crew fly the 07.50 flight.

 

[Flybeboy]

Can confirm told by tui at exeter the 2020 tennerife flight will be op by based tui 738 dep 06.15 ish and that one jet will pos to bournmouth early friday, so this leaves a gap on thurs pm from 16.00 ish, maybe extra palma flight ops by alba star this year, but the airport summer 2020 pre view broucher shows palma tues, wed, fri, sat only. So maybe new flight dest coming like reus, gerona or they will do an extra palma flight thurs..

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Can confirm told by tui at exeter the 2020 tennerife flight will be op by based tui 738 dep 06.15 ish and that one jet will pos to bournmouth early friday, so this leaves a gap on thurs pm from 16.00 ish, maybe extra palma flight ops by alba star this year, but the airport summer 2020 pre view broucher shows palma tues, wed, fri, sat only. So maybe new flight dest coming like reus, gerona or they will do an extra palma flight thurs..

TUI summer 2020 timetable for EXT-PMI shows:
April: Tu and Sa
May: Tu, W, Th, F, Sa (Tu and W begin in third week of May)
June: Tu, W, Th, F, Sa
July: Tu, W, Th, F, Sa
August: Tu, W, Th, F, Sa
September: Tu, W, Th, F, Sa (Th and F end in third week of September)
October: Tu, W, Sa

Timings suggest that Thursday is an away-based aircraft (arrives EXT at 0955 and departs at 1045).

 

[Flybeboy]

Yep their must be a new route to come.

 

[Jerry]

Yep their must be a new route to come.

For TUI i'd have thought it would be late for a new route?

 

[Jerry]

TUI winter 2020/21
Larnaca 1 weekly Sunday (only available from 28/3/21 into April)
Paphos 1 weekly Saturday (only available 1st 2 weeks of November 2020 then 27/3/21 into April)
Gran Canaria 1 weekly Monday
Lanzarote 2 weekly Sunday and Thursday
Palma de Mallorca 2 weekly Tuesday and Saturday (from 27/3/21 into April)
Tenerife South 3 weekly Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
6 weekly departures between the 2nd week of November 2020 (7 weekly for the 1st 2 weeks of November) and April 2021 going to 10 weekly in April.

 

[Jerry]

TUI Summer 2021
Larnaca 1 weekly Sunday
Paphos 1 weekly Saturday
Corfu 2 weekly Monday and Friday
Crete 1 weekly Tuesday
Rhodes 1 weekly Wednesday
Zante 3 weekly Monday and Thursday
Faro 1 weekly Thursday
Ibiza 1 weekly Wednesday
Lanzarote 2 weekly Sunday and Thursday
Menorca 2 weekly Monday and Friday
Palma de Mallorca 4 weekly Tuesday, Thursday (other carrier), Friday and Saturday
Tenerife South 1 weekly Tuesday (Norwegian)
Antalya 2 weekly Tuesday and Friday (other carrier)
Dalaman 2 weekly Sunday and Thursday (both days down for other carrier)

24 weekly departures, 19 on based aircraft and 5 on non based carriers.

 

[Flybeboy]

That leaves gaps on monday, las palmas new this year and the second jet not doing anything on wed, 2020 summer doing palma then dalaman i was told 2021 will be same as 2020,

 

[Jerry]

New route for Exeter as TUI have added Sharm el Sheikh.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1199994275532070917

 

[Silvercity]

Tui 737 Exeter Airport Nov 2019.

View attachment 15717

 

[Flybeboy]

More tui cuts at exeter, understand the turkey flights this summer are now 3x not 5x with two flights ops by freebird being cut.

 

[737 400]

More tui cuts at exeter, understand the turkey flights this summer are now 3x not 5x with two flights ops by freebird being cut.

News to me that TUI were even planning five flights per week from EXT to Turkish destinations for summer 2020, so hardly a cut back from previous years....

 

[Seasider]

I think Flybeboy means cut backs in the planned expansion.
The cynic in me says that TUI announce these "new routes" to get the early bookings and then move them to other airports quoting "lack of interest" or not enough interest. Therefore the customer is tied to TUI.

 

[Flybeboy]

It happens every year

 

[Seasider]

If that is the case, why do people fall for it?

 

[Jerry]

I think Flybeboy means cut backs in the planned expansion.
The cynic in me says that TUI announce these "new routes" to get the early bookings and then move them to other airports quoting "lack of interest" or not enough interest. Therefore the customer is tied to TUI.

I actually think with these flights they can't get a carrier to actually operate them so have had to scrap them.

 

[superking]

I don't believe for there is no airline that would take up a TUI route. For a starter a airline doing a TUI route is good business and I would think better work than they could get else where. The only thing TUI would have to be carefull with is the quality and operations of any foreign airline as a few out there is a bit suspect,but saying that there is a lot of good airlines out there as well. I should say if a route is dropped then it would be down to pax take up,also there is many other things that dictate weather a route is taken up or not.