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I think it may have been swapped around with G-FDZE. The 757 currently operating out of EMA came from BHX to operate yesterdays Dalaman flight, as G-FDZE sat at EMA from returning from Funchal, so maybe went tech after this flight? Then today G-FDZE went over to BHX to operate from there.
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Miked11- I think it must have been planned for the 757 to go to EMA yesterday as there was no significant delays which would happen if 737 ZE had gone tech as would have had to have call out 757 crew and get aircraft from BHX to EMA
I wonder if bookings for 2018 have been strong from EMA so they will be using a 757 for the summer if so anyone know what routes it’s operating ?
I wonder if bookings for 2018 have been strong from EMA so they will be using a 757 for the summer if so anyone know what routes it’s operating ?
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Does anyone know why today's BY1345 PUY-EDI (G-TAWD) was diverted to BHX?
G-TAWD is now sitting at BHX and G-FDZE has just positioned BHX-EDI.
The aircraft was actually closer to MAN before making a sharp turn and flying south to BHX. G-TAWD only just arrived at EDI from BHX yesterday after swapping with G-TAWH which has been sitting at BHX all day.
G-TAWD is now sitting at BHX and G-FDZE has just positioned BHX-EDI.
The aircraft was actually closer to MAN before making a sharp turn and flying south to BHX. G-TAWD only just arrived at EDI from BHX yesterday after swapping with G-TAWH which has been sitting at BHX all day.
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Does anyone know why today's BY1345 PUY-EDI (G-TAWD) was diverted to BHX?
G-TAWD is now sitting at BHX and G-FDZE has just positioned BHX-EDI.
The aircraft was actually closer to MAN before making a sharp turn and flying south to BHX. G-TAWD only just arrived at EDI from BHX yesterday after swapping with G-TAWH which has been sitting at BHX all day.
G-TAWD is now sitting at BHX and G-FDZE has just positioned BHX-EDI.
The aircraft was actually closer to MAN before making a sharp turn and flying south to BHX. G-TAWD only just arrived at EDI from BHX yesterday after swapping with G-TAWH which has been sitting at BHX all day.
Whether this will be the case next summer I am not sure as the timetable shows 8 based short-haul up one from summer 2018.
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Just curious. How often do tui rotate a/c for maintenance. EDI has only one frame, which in peak season, from June 11, flies two rotations every day, usually ending well after midnight. How often must it visit a main base?
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It really does seem to be quite variable with regard to frequency of swapping aircraft. Some bases seem to be constantly swapping whilst others seem to almost never swap. I remember an aircraft was based at DSA for over eight months straight last year...
I was always under the impression that LTN was the mainitenace based and that the aim of swapping was to eventually get the aircraft into LTN. I’m not sure if this is actually the case though.
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Not sure about the reason for this diversion but BHX usually has a spare aircraft, either a 757 or 737 so I suppose it makes sense if there is an issue. Previous divert was 26th May 757 G-CPEV MAN-PMI (fuel transfer issue?) and at the time G-CPEU was the spare although EV eventually continued to Palma.
Whether this will be the case next summer I am not sure as the timetable shows 8 based short-haul up one from summer 2018.
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Whether this will be the case next summer I am not sure as the timetable shows 8 based short-haul up one from summer 2018.
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Just out of curiosity, where do you find the “timetable” that you mention, or do you work with TUI?
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Yes I have actually noticed this too this year, regarding BHX having a spare aircraft, I always thought that MAN normally had a spare aircraft in the past. Just seemed a bit coincidental that G-TAWD was BHX based until yesterday and is now already back there today, and unfortunate that EDI have ended up with G-FDZE lol.
Just out of curiosity, where do you find the “timetable” that you mention, or do you work with TUI?
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No I am not part of the airline business. The timetable is part on the online flight only booking portal - hopefully this link opens but note aircraft types are not shown other than the 787 services TUI
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Does anyone know what is happening this year to the weekly LGW-PXO flight? According to TUI's website it should be operating, but it was not listed this Monday or the previous one. However, Norwegian have operated the route for at least two weeks on Mondays at a time similar to TUI's schedule, though it is not offered on their website.
Does anyone know what is happening this year to the weekly LGW-PXO flight? According to TUI's website it should be operating, but it was not listed this Monday or the previous one. However, Norwegian have operated the route for at least two weeks on Mondays at a time similar to TUI's schedule, though it is not offered on their website.
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Does anyone know what is happening this year to the weekly LGW-PXO flight? According to TUI's website it should be operating, but it was not listed this Monday or the previous one. However, Norwegian have operated the route for at least two weeks on Mondays at a time similar to TUI's schedule, though it is not offered on their website.
Does anyone know what is happening this year to the weekly LGW-PXO flight? According to TUI's website it should be operating, but it was not listed this Monday or the previous one. However, Norwegian have operated the route for at least two weeks on Mondays at a time similar to TUI's schedule, though it is not offered on their website.
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This may sound like a stilly question but I was wondering how the crewing of W-patterns works? For example, how would ABZ-DLM-GLA-DLM-ABZ be crewed? And would it be any different for shorter flights like ABZ-PMI-GLA-PMI-ABZ?
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The same happens on the shorter flights you mentioned.
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Just curious. How often do tui rotate a/c for maintenance. EDI has only one frame, which in peak season, from June 11, flies two rotations every day, usually ending well after midnight. How often must it visit a main base
The smaller bases such as EXT, BOH & EDI have very limited engineering coverage. An aircraft will be swapped into a larger base if a technical issue requires it and obviously for routine checks.
The smaller bases such as EXT, BOH & EDI have very limited engineering coverage. An aircraft will be swapped into a larger base if a technical issue requires it and obviously for routine checks.
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