Manchester: TUI Airways Base News & Discussions

[Scottie Dog]

Courtesy of @SPD_travels on Twitter

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24th December sees a new long haul route launch, @TUIUK to St Lucia.

MAN 0955 UVF 1430
UVF 1700 MAN 0500+1

B787-9 used, operates 1 weekly on Thursdays

 

[Scottie Dog]

Airlineroute today reports:

TUI Airways during Christmas and New Year period plans temporary aircraft changes on Manchester – Toulouse route, where the airline plans to operate Boeing 767 aircraft between 20DEC20 and 03JAN21, instead of Boeing 757. This route is served once weekly during this period.

TOM2722 MAN0715 – 1020TLS 76W 7
TOM2723 TLS1130 – 1240MAN 76W 7

 

[LS@MAN]

Thanks for the info @Scottie Dog.

I assume as in the past, these are only ski/charter flights? So if I wanted to book a flight(s) only, it wouldn't be possible?
Maybe wishing thinking on my part since Flybe collapsed there are no direct flights to and from TLS.

 

[BlueManc]

Anyone know what these Manchester-Stuttgart-Detroit-Manchester runs are all about?

Another 787 woke me up at 0130.

 

[Jerry]

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Anyone know what these Manchester-Stuttgart-Detroit-Manchester runs are all about?

Another 787 woke me up at 0130.

I believe they are cargo flights for car parts from Germany to the USA.

 

[BlueManc]

Thanks for the info.

MAGA (with german car parts).

 

[dan9999]

Does anyone know why Tui 787 G-TUIN went to stuggart this morning and came straight back thought they went to the us

 

[David_itl]

I would say it's positioning there - they've been doing cargo runs between there and the USA. One's just taken off going to Guadalajara in Mexico for the same reason.

 

[Severn]

Does anyone know why Tui 787 G-TUIN went to stuggart this morning and came straight back thought they went to the us

During Nov/Dec, TUI 787s operated to the US and Mexico from various German airports on freight charters for the automotive industry. The aircraft would position out from MAN or LGW to Germany before operating direct to the US or Mexico.

It seems that today B789 (G-TUIN) positioned out to STR before operating to MAN and then on to GDL in Mexico just over an hour later. I assume due to national lockdowns these aircraft are operating via the UK for crewing reasons whereas before the crew would night-stop in Germany before operating the charters.

 

[Scottie Dog]

From Simple Flying:

Summer Of Short Haul – TUI UK Focuses Widebodies On European Routes​

Summer Of Short Haul – TUI UK Focuses Widebodies On European Routes

TUI UK plans a record summer for widebody operations across Europe, with 48 routes and over 1.4 million…

simpleflying.com

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

"Manchester to Dalaman is top wide-body route"

Well there is no surprise. They were 2nd in the market when TC were around and now simply are responding to their position of Number 1. All flights MAN DLM on wide-body this summer?

 

[LS@MAN]

Due to fly to TFS from MAN on 17th May, still TBC by TUI until the official government announcement, but looking like the Canaries are going to be green anyway. Does anyone know what A/C type is planned for this route on 17/05? Also, is it likely TUI will not cancel this flight if Tenerife is confirmed as a green destination?

 

[CM.]

No, had a look and there’s nothing anywhere indicating what aircraft it is. Taking a guess it could be a B737-800 but idk as they send all types of aircraft to TFS from Manchester.

 

[CM.]

Funchal route increase from 1 to 2 weekly flights for the summer.

 

[CM.]

The Catania route has been cut for Summer 22

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

I wonder if that is to do with Jet2 coming in and stepping on their toes?

 

[dan9999]

Does anyone know the loads of the tui flights out of Manchester today

 

[CM.]

TUIs Manchester-Verona Route will go from Summer Seasonal to Year round.

SeanM1997 on Twitter

 

[Severn]

TUI @ MAN - Summer 2022

A look at the TUI schedule from MAN in August 2022 shows 202x departures a week (181x shorthaul, 21x longhaul).
Summer 2019 had 170x shorthaul, 13x longhaul

The 2022 base will require:
- 5x B738 (71x departures)
- 4x B38M (56x departures)
- 2x B763 (25x departures)
- 5x B787 based all week *not sure the mix of 787-8/9

2x B787 operating shorthaul (28x departures)​

3x B787 operating longhaul (21x departures)​

For anyone interested:
The B763 will operate some of the flights to ACE, AYT, BVC, CFU, DLM, HER, IBZ, KGS, LCA, NAP, PMI, RHO and TFS

The B787 SH will operate some of the flights to ACE, ADB, AGP, ALC, AYT, BOJ, DBV, DLM, FUE, IBZ, LCA, LPA, MAH, PFO, PMI, SID and TFS

The B787 LH will operate to CUN (7), MLB (4), PUJ (4), MBJ (3), VRA (2), (PVR (1)

 

[CM.]

TUI to base another aircraft at Manchester for Summer 22. There’s also a 3rd party wide body also based.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1499351838704947201