cheers Darren

Hi Darren can you please advise where the Aircraft comes in from for our flight Tom 144 Man/Can on Saturdays.

qatarman,

The aircraft operating your flight (MAN-CUN-MAN - TOM144/5) normally operates a cruise charter beforehand; MAN-Barbados-MAN (TOM118/9). This is only selected dates though and not in March. Looking at the schedule, there isn't a long haul flight the day before from MAN until 23rd March. The aircraft either doesn't operate, or positions in. I'll know closer to the time if you remind me. Note TOM144/5 has just swapped to an ex-FCA, as of 10th December. Whether this will still be the case in March, I'll have to check again for you.

Darren

Cheers Darren should get to know if its exFCA as the Wife will book the outbound seat numbers on Friday. I think its an exFCA as she was told Premium row 3 was Bulk Head is this correct?

qatarman,

On the V1 configuration (G-OOAN) on the A/B seats, yes. But not on the V2.

Darren

Thank you Darren

i am travelling on thomson airways to tenerife with soverign holidays. we have a 25kg baggage allowance each but on soverign site it says that no bags over 23kg. hopefully i am right in the presumption that i will be able to have 3 hold bags up to 50kg combined. any ideas?

cheers
lidras

l1dras,

As you know, any bag over 23kg will be refused travel. This is due to baggage handers lifting restrictions. Just split the weight between you as you say, 3 bags with none exceeding 23kg. More details on Thomsons website.

Darren

Hi,

I'm travelling on TOM 676/677 Birminghm(BHX) - Enfidha(NBE) on february 29th 2012.

We have paid for extra legroom seats and when given a seat plan of the aircraft it appears to be a 737-300, with us allocated row 12 at the over wing exit.

After reading posts on other forums, people have complained of these seats having no extra legroom at all and even on the seat plan they don't appear to have any more room...

Now surely I'm worrying over nothing and Thomson can't possibly charge extra if they have no more room??

can anyone shed any light or sat on the same row?

Any help much appreciated

Steve

steeveej,

Row 12 on the 733 does have extra legroom as it's an overwing exit row. This is the enable passengers to escape the aircraft quickly so is required to have enough room to get out. It's only a few inches greater than standard seat pitch though, it's not a massave difference but they are extra legroom over standard seats. Row 1 A/B/C has the greatest legroom on that aircraft.

Darren

Hi,

A quick query. Appreciate it may be a bit early but any idea if it will be an ex FCA or thomson aircraft operating TOM 108 from MAN to Barbados for the cruise charters? Flying 01/04/2012

Thanks in advance

gethinllyr22,

Ex-FCA I would have thought but it can change.

Darren

Hi Darren do you know if flight TOM2294 Man-TFS on 27/12/11 is a Thomson or an ex First Choice plane yet and do you know the plane reg?, (only a week to go now!)

cheers

Hi Darren
Any ideah why the long delay on Tom771 from Barbados today?

Roger

james 84,

As i mentioned before, they change weekly so it's impossible to know until the day before. Even then, the 752 fleet can be rotated at short notice.

Darren

Rogerdoger,

Technical issue with G-OOBK I think in BGI.

Darren

Hi Darren,
Seems the plane Man/ Cancun Tom 144/145 will be an exFCA as there are 9 rows of premium seats, arcording to the info given when picking seat numbers.

Hi Guys,

Can anyone settle a 'difference of opinion' Mum and I are having please.

We both fly to long haul for the first time ever to Cancun via Manchester on TOM 196, and want to know what route the plane will take if possible ? Mum says we will go via Canada and America,I say we go over the Atlantic all the way across into Mexico ?

I know its a strange one,but it is christmas guys

Amsterdam,

I'm mobile at the moment so I'll post more routing information tomorrow. You are both correct really. The routing various subject to traffic and weather, particularly the jetstream position as you don't want to be flying in to strong headwinds westbound, but want them on your tail eastbound. That's why the inbound flight is shorter than the outbound. The typical route is to head across Ireland then trans oceanic directly across the Atlantic towards Newfoundland. It's then usual to route down the eastern seaboard, but depending on traffic, it can be over eastern Canada and America. From Florida, you'll head over Cuba, across the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula and Cancun. Inbound flights generally route over land to Nova Scotia, then trans oceanic.

EDIT: 4850 miles, heading ~280 degrees, flight time (outbound) ~10 hours 30 mins


Hope that settles things.

Darren