TUI Airways

[Aviador]

@Concorde_LBA as a business TUI wouldn't be thinking of flying to Faro by adding it to a drop down option from LBA. They won't be unsure either.

It is either added to the TUI offering or a genuine mistake by the TUI I.T. department.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

CFU relies on Cruise market to fill it - that wont happen this year.

PMI will probably be dropped. TUI look to be concentrating on bases that they have based aircraft at rather than W patterns to here there and everywhere. It adds complication to matters and again just like CFU, PMI relies on the Cruise market which seems to not be happening this year.

 

[Aviador]

I disagree. CFU and PMI do not rely on the Cruise market at all. Both destinations are completely capable of holding their own without the need to be propped up by the Cruise market.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

If your Ryanair or Jet2 @Aviador however for TUI they rely on that to fill the aircraft - it makes the routes have a little bit more competitive edge. Maybe I didn't make it all too clear.

 

[CM.]

If your Ryanair or Jet2 @Aviador however for TUI they rely on that to fill the aircraft - it makes the routes have a little bit more competitive edge. Maybe I didn't make it all too clear.

Not always sometimes selling holidays can be better than cruise only flights. With the pandemic it’s been hard to travel to different countries that all have different rules surrounding travel so I would’ve thought they’d do better selling holidays to the destinations they serve rather than them being cruise only flights.

My opinion on why they have stopped the LBA flights is that they want to utilize the aircraft at other airports such as Norwich as they really only have TUI that operate holiday flights out of their airport. Whereas LBA has Ryanair and Jet2 which both do PMI and Jet2 do Corfu so we have plenty. I think this has been discussed on this thread before.

 

[Poshgirl]

Could this be part of a rationalisation programme under the reorganisation recently announced at TUI. The CEO was moaning on the BBC website the other day about the UK's handling of Covid and slow recovery affecting their bottom line. Seems a bit short-sighted to just fill your aircraft with your own cruise company's passengers, but someone's probably just crunched the numbers and this is the result.

I agree with the theories about Norwich. They have no competition for package holiday customers but it's a easy hop to AMS for anything further afield.

TUI could start shuffling at other airports too....

 

[Jerry]

Seems a bit short-sighted to just fill your aircraft with your own cruise company's passengers, but someone's probably just crunched the numbers and this is the result.

You need to remember that TUI Airways is a charter airline so they'll be operating on behalf of the holiday and cruise side so with Palma and Corfu it'll no doubt be on behalf of Marella so they'll get priority.

 

[A400]

TUI have released their 2023 schedule and it’s the same for LBA

Corfu- 1 weekly Fridays
Palma 2 weekly on Tuesday and Saturdays

 

[White Heather]

TUI have released their 2023 schedule and it’s the same for LBA

Corfu- 1 weekly Fridays
Palma 2 weekly on Tuesday and Saturdays

Thanks for that.
No surprise. The big surprise will be if they actually all operate!

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

No reason they wouldn't. I would say the big surprise is if they have a base in LBA for S23.

 

[A400]

Thanks for that.
No surprise. The big surprise will be if they actually all operate!

They will probably use any excuse to not operate them!

Weather, tech issues, low loads. Manchester and Donny are their favourites

 

[White Heather]

No reason they wouldn't. I would say the big surprise is if they have a base in LBA for S23.

Tui dont need a reason other than its LBA.

 

[CM.]

Tui have always been pathetic towards LBA. But it’s good to see they’re planning on flying to Leeds in 2023. (Without cancelling them all!)

 

[oldendays]

When Roger Burnell was in charge at Britannia, he was a firm supporter of LBA and gave us a week-long based aircraft starting in the summer of 1996. He was also in favour of 24 hour opening. Evidently, much has changed in 25 years.

 

[White Heather]

When Roger Burnell was in charge at Britannia, he was a firm supporter of LBA and gave us a week-long based aircraft starting in the summer of 1996. He was also in favour of 24 hour opening. Evidently, much has changed in 25 years.

I seem to recall that the boss of Britannia even spoke up in favour of LBA getting 24 hour ops in an ITV documentary about the airport and it's plans.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Remember the days when one summer season half the season we had a britannia boeing 767 based at LBA and im sure one day we used to have 2 of them on the ground at one point! One dreams these days!

 

[White Heather]

Remember the days when one summer season half the season we had a britannia boeing 767 based at LBA and im sure one day we used to have 2 of them on the ground at one point! One dreams these days!

It lasted two years I think, and the 767 200 was based in May and June only. Then it is was replaced with the usual based 757. We also had the 767, often a 300 series, operating to Bridgetown, Barbados, for cruise holidays. Didn't last long though and the switch to TUi, and arrival of DSA put paid to all that.

 

[Aviador]

I flew on the 767 from LBA to Dalaman. Ironically I travelled with two friends from Manchester who were somewhat surprised to be flying on a wide bodied aircraft from LBA. No drama and no difference so far as landing at LBA on a 767 compared with a 757, not from a passenger perspective anyway.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Many years ago (believe it was 1996)my family and i were due to fly from LBA to orlando but surprise surprise the flight was changed to MAN, think it was sunset holidays or a name similar to that and the aircraft was suppose to be a britannia 767 300.

 

[White Heather]

Many years ago (believe it was 1996)my family and i were due to fly from LBA to orlando but surprise surprise the flight was changed to MAN, think it was sunset holidays or a name similar to that and the aircraft was suppose to be a britannia 767 300.

Yes, I remember that. Very short and sweet.