Bristol: TUI Airways Route News & Base Updates

[ROC10]

BRS-CUN going via EMA today.

 

[Ice-tongs]

Looks like some passengers might be getting an upgrade this afternoon as 787-9 G-tuim has positioned in from gatters.

Nothing looks to be delayed on the departure boards tho so unsure unless it’s a cruise flight?

 

[Marko1]

Currently on its way to Dubrovnik

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Looks like some passengers might be getting an upgrade this afternoon as 787-9 G-tuim has positioned in from gatters.

Nothing looks to be delayed on the departure boards tho so unsure unless it’s a cruise flight?

Currently on its way to Dubrovnik

Which aircraft type normally operates the TUI Sunday Dubrovnik - the B738 or B757? I know the Thursday flight is flown by the part-based B787-8.

 

[superking]

The 757 does ACE on sunday.

 

[Ice-tongs]

Normally a 738, G-Tawj arrived back from Faro on time and hasn’t gone anywhere since according to flight radar, however the 789 must of been planned as it arrived before Tawj arrived back and there was no delay to the departure.

 

[Samishlol]

There was a delay to the BRS-CUN flight yesterday which made it late. Pushed back, then passenger requested to disembark which then they had to go back onto the stand and look for bags.

 

[superking]

There was a delay to the BRS-CUN flight yesterday which made it late. Pushed back, then passenger requested to disembark which then they had to go back onto the stand and look for bags.

If the arrivals board is to be believed the CUN flight landed 8 mins early,so made up time some where.

 

[alphagolf]

If the arrivals board is to be believed the CUN flight landed 8 mins early,so made up time some where.

According to FR24 it arrived in CUN 53mins late, then departed just 8mins late. So it’s looks like all the stops were pulled out on the turnaround to reduce the delay returning. FR24 then shows a 7min early arrival into BRS.

 

[Severn]

Summary of TOM Routes - Summer 2019
Summer 2019 is upon us, and I realised there hasn't been a post about this summer for a while.
The based aircraft this peak-summer should have been 4x TUI B738 and a 5-day-a-week based B788, however due to the 737MAX groundings, the base is 1xB752, 3x B738s and the part-week based B788.
2019 sees the B788 operate some shorthaul flying, similar to LGW and MAN bases. This keeps BRS as the 4th largest TUI base in the UK and Ireland after LGW, MAN and BHX.

I've compared a week in August 2019 to the same week in 2018 of TUI Airways schedule from BRS.

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Number of routes operating per week:
2018 - Total: 38
2019 - Total: 38

2018 - Shorthaul: 35
2019 - Shorthaul: 36 (+1)

2018 - Longhaul: 3
2019 - Longhaul: 2 (-1)
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Number of flights per week:
2018 - Total: 65
2019 - Total: 68 (+3)

2018 - Operated by TUI: 62
2019 - Operated by TUI: 64 (+2)

2018 - Operated by other airlines: 3
2019 - Operated by other airlines: 4 (+1)
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Number of aircraft based:
2018: 4 - (2x B752, 2x B738 and a B788 based 2 days per week)
2019: 4 - (1x B752, 3x B738 and a B788 based 5 days per week)
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Weekly Frequencies: ('[+]' or '[-]' represents change from 2018)

4x Weekly
Ibiza (IBZ)
Majorca (PMI) [-1]

3x Weekly
Naples (NAP) [+1]
Corfu (CFU)
Rhodes (RHO)
Zante (ZTH)

2x Weekly
Antalya (AYT) [+1] *(2018: Flight operated by TUI // 2019: 1 of 2 flights operated by Freebird)
Kefalonia (EFL) [+1]
Cancun (CUN) - (B788) [+1]
Bourgas (BOJ)
Dalaman (DLM) - (B788 - operates 1 of 2 flights) *(2018 and 2019: 1 of 2 flights operated by Freebird)
Dubrovnik (DBV) - (B788 - operates 1 of 2 flights)
Gran Canaria (LPA)
Heraklion (HER)
Kos (KGS)
Lanzarote (ACE)
Larnaca (LCA) - (B788 - operates 1 of 2 flights)
Malaga (AGP)
Menorca (MAH)
Paphos (PFO)
Pula (PUY)
Tenerife (TFS)

1x Weekly
Marrakech (RAK) [NEW] [+1]
Thessaloniki (SKG) [NEW] [+1]
Alicante (ALC)
Bodrum (BJV)
Cape Verde, Sal (SID) *(2018: Flight operated by TUI B788 // 2019: Flight operated by TUI B738)
Chania (CHQ)
Faro (FAO)
Fuerteventura (FUE)
Gerona (GRO)
Hurgharda (HRG)
Malta (MLA) *(2018 and 2019: Flight operated by Air Malta)
Orlando Sanford (SFB) - (B788)
Reus (REU)
Santorini (JTR)
Skiathos (JSI)
Verona (VRN) *(2018 and 2019: Flight operated by Air Malta)

Dropped:
Enfidha (NBE) [-1]
Punta Cana (PUJ) - (B788) [-1]

Notes
The B788 is based 5 days a week (shared with EMA for 2 days) and operates the following schedule during peak summer:
Tue: CUN - 12:45
Wed: DLM - 13:40
Thu: DBV - 06:00 / LCA - 14:35
Fri: SFB - 10:20
Sat: CUN - 10:05

Capacity
2018 - 13,639 departing seats per week in peak summer (29x based B738 flights, 29x based B752 flights, 4x based B788 flights, 2x A320 w-patterns (1x Freebird, 1x Air Malta), 1x B738 w-pattern (Neos))
2019 - 13,939 departing seats per week in peak summer (44x based B738 flights, 14x based B752 flights, 6x based B788 flights, 3x A320 w-patterns (2x Freebird, 1x Air Malta), 1x B738 w-pattern (Neos))

 

[Jerry]

According to a post on Facebook the Saturday morning PMI in 2020 will be operated on the 787 Dreamliner. What will that be then 4 or 5 short haul routes operated on the 787?

 

[Marko1]

Monday - bourgas and las palmas
Tues - cancun
Weds - palma and larnaca
Thurs - Orlando sanford
Fri - cancun
Sat - palma and dalaman
Sun - Heraklion and Antalya

 

[NOSIGWX]

G-TUIL B789 just leaving LGW to operate BRS-BOJ-BRS-LGW this afternoon.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

G-TUIL B789 just leaving LGW to operate BRS-BOJ-BRS-LGW this afternoon.

That will be two B787s today then with TUI also operating the regular Orlando Sanford earlier in the day.

 

[superking]

G TUIL lined up with 09 ILS above my house in Weston Super Mare. Lovely sight with no cloud.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

G TUIL lined up with 09 ILS above my house in Weston Super Mare. Lovely sight with no cloud.

We covered both today then because I was mowing the lawn this morning when the 787 departed for Florida from 09 and, as with you, she had a beautiful blue sky as background as she began her left turn over the city to head off to the USA.

 

[kraktoa]

When is the Cancun, USA flights finishing this year.

 

[Marko1]

Orlando end of October, cancun early December. Both resume at end of March

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Orlando end of October, cancun early December. Both resume at end of March

Looking at the CAA stats Cancun didn't operate last November. Given that Cancun operates 2 x weekly this year and continues for a longer season, the yields must satisfy TUI as we know that on some occasions the outbound journey requires a fuel stop in the UK before setting off across the Atlantic. For the past few weeks both weekly flights seem to have operated non-stop, although I wasn't able to check during the week 1-8 September when I was out of the country.

 

[superking]

Its quite a few weeks now its gone direct. It surprised me that it went direct seeing weather out that way has been bad looking at pictures on tv.The week 1-8 September was direct both rotations.