TUI Airways

[Ray Finkle]

La Romana returned today with G-TUIE doing the honours.

G-TUID is on today's Phuket.

 

[Matt995]

Tui have now dropped the Friday Venice flight, and one of the Friday Dalaman flights, now replace with an extra Hurghada flight.

 

[thunderchild]

No surprise there, more often than not Thomson’s new routes never materialise. Hopefully Podgorica will still go ahead.

 

[Ray Finkle]

No surprise there, more often than not Thomson’s new routes never materialise. Hopefully Podgorica will still go ahead.

It's why I'd never run the risk of booking anything that TUi release.

I still struggle to see the point of releasing something in the depths of winter then removing a couple of weeks later. I just don't see how that can reliably gauge demand.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Enfidha returns from May 4th weekly on a Friday.

I assume that this is what is replacing Venice.

 

[Matt995]

Enfidha returns from May 4th weekly on a Friday.

I assume that this is what is replacing Venice.

it sure does, don't know the flight numbers yet, but this is the Friday timings:-

Dept BHX 06:00 08:55/09:55 Arr BHX 13:05

 

[Ray Finkle]

It looks as if a second weekly Hurghada has also been added from May.

 

[Matt995]

TUI peak season summer 2018 flights :-

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[Ianbutty]

Any news on the Far East services?

 

[Severn]

Summary of TUI Routes - Summer 2018
I've updated the comparison I made a while back to a week in August 2018 to the same week in 2017 of TUI Airways schedule from BHX:
The major changes are Gerona going from 3 to 2 weekly, Hurgharda going from 1 to 2 weekly, Venice being dropped as a new route, and Enfidha starting as a new route.

Number of routes operating per week:
2017: 43

Shorthaul: 39
Longhaul: 4​

2018: 48 (+5)

Shorthaul: 44 (+5)
Longhaul: 4​

Number of flights per week:
2017: 98

TUI Shorthaul: 87
TUI Longhaul: 6
Operated by other airlines: 5​

2018: 116 (+18)

TUI Shorthaul: 102 (+15)
TUI Longhaul: 7 (+1)
Operated by other airlines: 7 (+2)​

Number of aircraft based:
2017:

TUI Shorthaul: 6 - (3x B752, 3x B738)
TUI Longhaul: 1 - (B788 based 6 days per week)​

2018:

TUI Shorthaul: 7 - (3x B752, 4x B738) (+1)
TUI Longhaul: 1 - (1x B788 based all week) (+)
​

Weekly Frequencies: ('[+]' or '[-]' represents change from 2017)

10x Weekly
Majorca (PMI) [-2]

6x Weekly
Ibiza (IBZ) [+1]

5x Weekly
Corfu (CFU) [+1]

4x Weekly
Dalaman (DLM)* [+1] *(2017: All 3 flights operated by TUI // 2018: 1 of 4 flights operated by other carrier)
Menorca (MAH) [+1]
Paphos (PFO) [+1]
Rhodes (RHO) [+1]
Tenerife (TFS)* *(2017: 1 of the 4 flights operated by other carrier // 2018: All 4 flights operated by TUI)
Malaga (AGP)* [-1] *(2017: 2 of the 5 flights operated by other carrier // 2018: All 4 flights operated by TUI (1 TUI operates W pattern with EMA based aircraft)

3x Weekly
Verona (VRN)* [NEW] [+3] *(2018: 1 of the 3 flights operated by other carrier)
Antalya (AYT)* [+1] *(2017: 1 of the 2 flights operated by other carrier // 2018: 2 of the 3 flights operated by other carrier)
Bourgas (BOJ) [+1]
Gran Canaria (LPA) [+1]
Heraklion (HER) [+1]
Larnaca (LCA) [+1]
Zante (ZTH) [+1]
Faro (FAO)
Lanzarote (ACE)

2x Weekly
Montego Bay (MBJ) - (B788) [+1]
Punta Cana (PUJ) - (B788)
Cancun (CUN) - (B788)
Hurgharda (HRG) [NEW] [+2]
Alicante (ALC)
Dubrovnik (DBV)
Fuerteventura (FUE)
Gerona (GRO)
Kefalonia (EFL)
Kos (KGS)
Naples (NAP)
Pula (PUY)
Reus (REU)
Skiathos (JSI)

1x Weekly
Orlando Sanford (SFB) - (B788)
Enfhida (NBE) [NEW] [+1]
Podgorica (TGD) [NEW] [+1]
Salzburg (SZG)* [NEW] [+1] *(2018: flight operated by other carrier)
Allegro (AHO)
Bodrum (BJV)* *(2017 & 2018: flight operated by other carrier)
Cape Verde, Boa Vista (SID)
Cape Verde, Sal (BVC)
Catania (CTA)
Chania (CHQ)
Funchal (FNC)
Kavala (KVA)
Malta (MLA)* *(flight operated by Air Malta 2017 & 2018)
Marrakech (RAK)
Porto Santo (PXO)
Santorini (JTR)

 

[Ray Finkle]

Thanks ever so much for the summary



The BHX press release about the extra Hurghada flights.

TUI adds almost 5000 seats to the Red Sea destination from Birmingham Airport

9 January 2018 –TUI (formerly Thomson) the UK’s largest holiday brand, has today announced it has added an additional weekly flight to the popular Egyptian destination of Hurghada for summer 2018 operating out of Birmingham Airport.

Holidaymakers from the Midlands will now have even more choice when it comes to booking a holiday to Hurghada with TUI adding a Friday flight to the summer flying programme. Flights start in May 2018 and will now operate twice a week on a Monday and Friday.

The decision to add more flights is part of the holiday company’s plans to offer as much choice as possible, ensuring customers across the UK can fly from their local airport and stay at the best hotels such as the 5T TUI Magic Life Kalawy.

As well as additional flights to Hurghada residents from in and around the Midlands now have a wide choice of destinations to choose from when booking their holidays this summer with the new route to Podgorica in Montenegro already on sale.

Karen Switzer, Director of Aviation Planning for TUI UK & Ireland, said: “We are delighted to be expanding our programme from Birmingham Airport for summer 2018. We have added a Friday flight to Hurghada meaning we now fly twice a week to the Red Sea destination and with this additional flight customers can now book 10 or 11 night holidays. In total we have over 62 routes for customers to choose from when booking their holidays from Birmingham Airport. Holidaymakers in the Midlands will now have wider access than ever before to our diverse collection of destinations and hotel concepts.”

William Pearson, Aviation Director of Birmingham Airport said: “It is great news that TUI is adding additional capacity to Hurghada for Summer 2018. This complements the 62 routes that TUI has to over 27 countries, offering even more exciting destinations to passengers flying from Birmingham Airport.”

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk...ights-to-hurghada-for-midlands-holidaymakers/

 

[thunderchild]

Freedird Airlines will be doing a few flights on behalf of TUI this summer; x2 weekly Antalya, x1weekly Bodrum and x1 weekly Dalaman.

 

[IanFarquharson]

I can't really impress more how good the TUI schedule is for summer 18 and although it might be seen as picking at the carcass of Monarch at least like Jet2 they have stepped up to the plate.

I assume they have awarded Freebird the bulk if not all of the third party flying to Turkey and good timings in terms of Antalya.

Monday FHY644 Bodrum in 20.40 out 21.40 29 MAY - 3 Sept

Tuesday FHY652 Dalaman in 08.25 out 09.25 22 May all season but might subject to change in October

Tuesday FHY636 Antalya in 14.30 out 15.30 May all season but might subject to change in October

Friday FHY692 Antalya in 14.30 out 15.30. May all season but might subject to change in October

Air Malta still showing Tuesday KM174/5 21.45 out but the KM website shows it a bit earlier and in Google flights it shows as two separate flights (KM74/5) which I am sure will be merged at some point and is just an error since TUI flights have only just been recently added to Google Flights.

TUI also use Flybe to Verona on a Saturday BE9170 12.20 - 17.40 and Salzburg Saturday BE9415 15.55 - 20-.45

The only away based flight spotted is Thursday Malaga TOM7484/5 in 12.45 out 14.25.

The 787 is fully based from mid July 7 flights although for 2 days (Monday and Tuesday?) it is in Scotland in June and part of July.

All of the above is subject to change.

 

[Brum X]

Good to see a bit of variety in S18, WELL DONE TUI

 

[jfy1999]

I believe the above information was originally posted by OltonPete on the other forum this morning, just saying as I think it's good practice to always mention the source of information even if it isn't an official announcement

 

[IanFarquharson]

I believe the above information was originally posted by OltonPete on the other forum this morning, just saying as I think it's good practice to always mention the source of information even if it isn't an official announcement

jfy1999 - I know OltonPete well so no problem in posting this here

 

[Brum X]

jfy1999 - I know OltonPete well so no problem in posting this here

LOL

 

[Coathanger16]

I think this may be a first - there are 2 TUI Dreamliners currently flying from BHX to Sanford... One is a -8, whilst the other is the -9. Anyone know if these are both scheduled/charter flights or is one of them a positioning flight?

 

[jfy1999]

I think this may be a first - there are 2 TUI Dreamliners currently flying from BHX to Sanford... One is a -8, whilst the other is the -9. Anyone know if these are both scheduled/charter flights or is one of them a positioning flight?

Looking at the BHX departure list and aircraft flight history on FR24 I can only see G-TUIL flying as BY630. G-TUIF arrived this morning from MAN with the same call sign but according to the FR24 aircraft history it is still at BHX, as is G-TUIA which arrived from Helsinki around 03:30.

All their other 788's seem to be off elsewhere but as well as SFB FR24 is showing a flight to Cancun (BY458) that was due to depart from BHX this morning and is now marked as delayed so one of those two 788's may be operating it under the wrong call sign?

 

[Coathanger16]

Looking at the BHX departure list and aircraft flight history on FR24 I can only see G-TUIL flying as BY630. G-TUIF arrived this morning from MAN with the same call sign but according to the FR24 aircraft history it is still at BHX, as is G-TUIA which arrived from Helsinki around 03:30.

All their other 788's seem to be off elsewhere but as well as SFB FR24 is showing a flight to Cancun (BY458) that was due to depart from BHX this morning and is now marked as delayed so one of those two 788's may be operating it under the wrong call sign?

I've just checked flight radar again and the -8 has changed to Cancun. Still nice to have 2 TUI 787's departing BHX at similar times.