TUI Airways

[a300boy]

I operated Manchester Bristol Venice Bristol Manchester several times on the B727-200 in the late 1980s for Dan Air Services as a flight engineer.
Happy Days !

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I operated Manchester Bristol Venice Bristol Manchester several times on the B727-200 in the late 1980s for Dan Air Services as a flight engineer.
Happy Days !

I remember walking Dundry Hill one Sunday afternoon in the 1980s and seeing the Dan Air Boeing 727 from MAN flying almost above my head into BRS on final approach to runway 27. Dundry Hill is the 700-foot high prominence just to the south of Bristol 2-3 miles to the east of BRS and just to the north of the final approach to 27.

727s were not that common at BRS as far as I recall. I remember that Iberia came in with one from time to time in those days but as I've never been a spotter I can't be certain which other airlines used them at BRS. Trying to keep this post somehow within topic I don't know if any of the727 airlines operated for Thomson Holidays at BRS.

You might have been operating the 727 on that afternoon long ago when I was taking my constitutional, a300boy.

 

[8mileshigh]

I was up at Broadwalk shopping centre in Knowle Bristol this morning and the tui shop was apparently open with two members of staff inside, no brochures on display, looked somewhat bare and unwelcoming.
On the subject of Boeing 727s in Bristol the last one I recall seeing while working on the ramp was a Sabre Airways on the western apron, probably back in the early
Noughtie

 

[NOSIGWX]

I remember walking Dundry Hill one Sunday afternoon in the 1980s and seeing the Dan Air Boeing 727 from MAN flying almost above my head into BRS on final approach to runway 27. Dundry Hill is the 700-foot high prominence just to the south of Bristol 2-3 miles to the east of BRS and just to the north of the final approach to 27.

727s were not that common at BRS as far as I recall. I remember that Iberia came in with one from time to time in those days but as I've never been a spotter I can't be certain which other airlines used them at BRS. Trying to keep this post somehow within topic I don't know if any of the727 airlines operated for Thomson Holidays at BRS.

You might have been operating the 727 on that afternoon long ago when I was taking my constitutional, a300boy.

Good evening TLY

Dan air, Iberia, TAP, Air Atlantis, Air Colombus, JAT & Aviogenex were all regular B727 operators at BRS during the 80's & early 90's. As mentioned before Sabre airlines were probably the last to operate a passenger service into BRS & Cougar airlines brought horses in for Cheltenham on one occasion. One of the Doncaster based oil spill response carried out a training sortie earlier this year.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Good evening TLY

Dan air, Iberia, TAP, Air Atlantis, Air Colombus, JAT & Aviogenex were all regular B727 operators at BRS during the 80's & early 90's. As mentioned before Sabre airlines were probably the last to operate a passenger service into BRS & Cougar airlines brought horses in for Cheltenham on one occasion. One of the Doncaster based oil spill response carried out a training sortie earlier this year.

Good evening, NOSIGWX. Good to 'speak' to you again. Many thanks for that.

 

[Marko1]

The second weekly pula has been re entered for sale for next summer - now a weds instead of a tues

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Our son and daughter-in-law returned to BRS from Dalaman in the early hours of this morning after a two-week holiday in Turkey. He said there were fewer than fifty passengers on board. The B757 had flown out sans passengers from BRS. I think it flew out empty the previous Friday too after the Turkey quarantine restrictions had been announced.

 

[ROC10]

Our son and daughter-in-law returned to BRS from Dalaman in the early hours of this morning after a two-week holiday in Turkey. He said there were fewer than fifty passengers on board. The B757 had flown out sans passengers from BRS. I think it flew out empty the previous Friday too after the Turkey quarantine restrictions had been announced.

Looks like this morning’s 3am arrival from DLM was on a 737 (G-FDZB), but it had previously been a 757 up to and including last week. TUI’s 757 fleet is (unsurprisingly) not flying much at all at the moment. I wonder how many (or if any) 757s will be wanted or needed for next summer.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Looks like this morning’s 3am arrival from DLM was on a 737 (G-FDZB), but it had previously been a 757 up to and including last week. TUI’s 757 fleet is (unsurprisingly) not flying much at all at the moment. I wonder how many (or if any) 757s will be wanted or needed for next summer.

Thanks for that. I took it to be a 757 because, as you say, this service has been a 757 in this shortened season and FR24 showed it as one on their DLM departures section last night pre-departure, albeit no reg number was shown. They must have assumed it was a 757 as I did.

I think the original pre-pandemic TUI plan was to base six 738s and a 788 at BRS in summer 20 so the reappearance of a 757 on some routes was something not originally expected. I suppose it was thought that BRS had seen the last of the TUI 757s having had a couple based there for so many years. They probably have after this month.

 

[NOSIGWX]

The TUI B788 parked on the Western apron is finally due to leave BRS for LGW at midday tomorrow. The aircraft has been at Bristol since the end of March.

 

[Severn]

Mon 19 October 2020
TUI B788 (G-TUIE) which has been stored at BRS since 28th March 2020 departed out to LGW at 12:00 today. This leaves the BRS base with 3x short-haul aircraft (all have which have operated in the last couple of days):

B738 (2) - (G-FDZB/FDZU)
B752 (1) - (G-OOBA)

 

[Marko1]

Winter 21/22 now on sale

 

[Marko1]

TUI launches winter 2021/22 and summer 2022 programmes for Bristol Airport as appetite for travel grows

TUI UK has put winter 2021/22 holidays from Bristol Airport on sale and will launch summer 2022 from 5th November

www.bristolairport.co.uk

Press release for both programmes. My understanding is summer 2022 will be released on 05/11 . Interesting no mention of anything new at this stage - usually there is a new route or two

 

[Marko1]

Summer 2022 now on sale

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Summer 2022 now on sale

I note that Orlando will switch from Sanford Airport to Melbourne Airport for summer 2022 as seems to be the case with all TUI Orlando flights from its other airports. It also returns to the previous Sanford frequency of 2 x weekly (Wed and Sat) with no 4-week break in June/July for either of the weekly flights unlike summer 2021 with the single weekly rotation.

Cancun remains at 2 x weekly (Thur and Sun) right through the summer with no 4-week break in June/July unlike the Sun rotation in summer 2021.

 

[superking]

Was told by a guy this morning that TUI will store aircraft from CWL,BOH and EXE plus a 787 at BRS during the lock down. Cant see this happening ,but will wait and see with this one and how true the info is.

 

[Severn]

Fri 13 November 2020
TUI B788 (G-TUIE) was stored at BRS from 28th March to the 19th October 2020 before positioning out to LGW where it has spent the last few weeks operating routes as well as potentially having maintenance (I assume?). This aircraft positioned back to BRS today and arrived at 09:15.
Nice to see it back, and I can only assume it is to be "based" again for the winter season?

This means the BRS base is now as follows:

B738 (2) - (G-FDZD/TAWL)
B788 (1) - (G-TUIE)

 

[Jerry]

Looks like TUI are reducing Orlando from May to twice monthly.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Looks like TUI are reducing Orlando from May to twice monthly.

Yet they are still going weekly in April. Makes little if any sense. The way the USA is going with Covid few people will want to go there on holiday in the early part of next summer, let alone April. Summer 2022 still shows 'Orlando' as 2 x weekly but switched from Sanford to Melbourne Airport which seems to be TUI's Orlando airport from that time.

Cancun is still showing 2 x weekly next summer but that could change no doubt, as could probably any destination with any airline from any airport depending how the virus is being tackled around the world. Reading other forums in F4A Jet2 is already reducing some services elsewhere next summer. It might be reluctant to do so at BRS given that it is a new airline there and obviously wants to start on the right foot with a new customer base, but economic reality might mean it has to if the virus continues to cast a large shadow well into next year.

 

[Marko1]

It has been mentioned over on that other forum that Florida has had a 50% plus rebooking rate and that many flights to Orlando for summer 2021 are already sold out. Coupled with the fact that Brs was originally selling as a twice weekly service it may well be plausible that the flights are operating weekly but are sold out. Who knows , they may bring back the second weekly flight of all goes well