Dazbo HT Mod wrote:

flashback ,

Welcome onboard
MAN-MBJ-MAN (TOM156/7) are operated by former First Choice Boeing 767-300/ER. You'll find extensive aircraft information on our What Aircraft? guide (link below) including aircraft, cabin, seat and IFE photos as well as seat maps. Seating is personal preference.

Darren

Hi,

thanks.

Cant find any specific info for 767-300/ER on the airliners.net site. Can you give me the link please?

Cheers

taken from the what aircraft guide

Thomson Airways (TOM/BY):
Long haul: Ex-First Choice Boeing 767-300/ER or ex-Thomsonfly Boeing 767-304/ER. Ex-First Choice aircraft configuration: Economy 2-3-2 with 33" seat pitch, Premium Economy 2-3-2 with 36" seat pitch. Seat back IFE throughout. Ex-Thomsonfly aircraft configuration: Economy 2-4-2 with 33" seat pitch, Premium Economy 2-3-2 with 37" seat pitch. Seat back IFE throughout.

flashback,

As Wizard has posted above, it's all under the Thomson Airways section on our the What Aircraft? guide (second link on my signature below, not the first one). There's a lot of information with links to seat maps, aircraft photos etc.

Darren

Hello all,

Can anyone help with how the Thomson choose a seat option works, as their website seems pretty vague on the process.

If I take up the option do we get first pick, and if so do we choose on-line, or by telephone and how far ahead can we choose.

Not booked yet but the flight will be NCL - SFB early may 2013

Any help or advice appreciated.

Thanks

thease are the search results for Thomson choose your seat

wizard

casualvisitor,

Welcome onboard
You can select your seats online or over the phone from 90 days prior to your return flight date if you are on a package holiday, although keep checking online as seats are sometimes released slightly earlier. You'll have a default seat allocated when you log-in. If you don't like the one allocated, you can change it to an available seat. You won't have a choice of any, only the ones available as others will be selecting theirs too. In my experience, i've never had a problem in choosing a seat I want, as long as you get in their as soon as the flight becomes available. Once you've selected your seat and finalised it, you can't change it again.

Darren

Hi Darren,

Thanks for that. I must say i have enjoyed reading the forum for a long time, and always found the advice and information informative and helpful.

We will be flight only, will this make any difference? Also do Thomson notify you (by email perhaps) when seat choosing is open / available or is it up to you personally to keep an eye on the date?

Do you take the option of choosing your seat Darren?

casualvisitor,

Flight only does make a difference, you should be able to access the flight and choose seats from 90 days before the date of your outbound flight, and the same for your inbound. But keep checking as it's not always 90 days, it's sometimes a day or two before or after. It's whenever the flight is uploaded on to the system. If you've booked online, you'll normally receive an automated email that you can now choose your seat, but refer to the above. I normally select my seats, yes as I like a window seat. It's personal preference though. My seats have been selected for September for a few months, that's with Etihad though, not TOM as I'm having a change.

Darren

Thanks again Darren,

Although not booked yet we will be on TOM618 NCL - SFB 29th April and return on TOM393 on 13th May. We like to sit forward of the wing if we can, but not right on it where there is little view. I suspect the aircraft will be an ex FCA 767. Do you know which number is the first row in the "economy" cabin.

Hi Darren,

It's nearly time for my holiday now (next Tuesday!!!! ) and I was wondering if you know where the aircraft goes before operating TOM 512 which I am on - just to keep an eye out for delays

As always, your info is much appreciated

casualvisitor,

You'll find the seating plans linked from our What Aircraft? guide (link below) with all that information.

Darren

pallan,

TOM512 (Boeing 767-300/ER) is the first flight of the day for that aircraft, there's nothing immediately before it. It operates to Palma (TOM2170/1) the evening before and arrivies back in the early hours.

Darren

Hi All,

I wonder if anyone can help please? I have pre-booked our seats (can't change them now) on the Thomson plane (a Tuesday flight). Layout shows a 757, so I assume this is what it will be. Please can anyone confirm if they use any other planes on this service (such as the nice ex-FC/ Britannia 767)? Also, do they have any IFE or will it be switched off? I'm really looking forward to the hol but am dreading the flight as am claustrophobic Thank you very much.

PurpleTang,

welcome onboard
LGW-TCP-LGW (TOM726/7) are operated by Boeing 757-200 (assuming you're travelling in the summer season). You'll find extensive aircraft information on our What Aircraft? guide (link below) including aircraft and cabin photos, IFE information etc.

Darren

My query is more of a general Thomson Airways one, After watching a brilliant documentary about the maintainance of a BA 747, I wondered how often Thomson's 757 and 737-800s go into the hangers during the Summer season for planned work ? As they seem to be in use most of day and night with few hours down time each day, I have seen the ramp engineers checking Oil and tyres at night.

Do they also rotate the aircraft around the bases much as I know at EMA and BHX they seem to have the same aircraft all season unless one goes tech which then changes things.

uno28,

Thomson Airways aircraft go through exactly the same maintenance schedule as what you saw on the excellent BBC documentory. What they missed out on that programme was the aircraft was going through a D check. All aircraft have various maintenance schedules depending in the age of the aircraft, number of hours / cycles etc. The various checks are anything from the visual walk-around pre-flight to daily maintenance checks all the way up to the very expensive D check roughly every 5 - 6 years dependant on aircraft type. The aircraft is stripped to bare bones, thoroughly checked and re-assembled and like new when it re-enters service. Aircraft are rotated all the time to fit maintenance schedules around operational needs although some airports have maintenance facilities onsite so it can be carried out locally. Lower level maintenance can be done between flights, usually at night with the more intrusive and time consuming work carried out at quieter times of the year.

Darren

That was a real eye opener of a documentary - even the loos and coffee makers are checked!

Adding onto what Darren said, all UK, EU and American registered aircraft (from two seater Cessna's to Airbus 380's) have to adhere to a rigorous maintenance program which is worked out by the aircraft manufacturer and the country aviation authority - in our case the CAA. Every step in that program is documented and has to be double checked and signed off, and any parts (new or used) replaced logged. It doesn't matter that Thomson, EasyJet or whoever are "low cost" airlines - their planes will not fall out of the sky because of lack of maintenance, They choose to do the maintenance at times when it wont not to get in the way of your holiday. These "heavy" maintenance checks are often booked years in advance. There is also a diagnostic check carried out almost every second of every flight on the Thomson (and others) fleet and the engineers will often see a potential fault before the (very highly trained) pilots.

The diagnostics on the more modern types also report faults back to maintenance bases during flight so that engineers can be on standby to rectify faults as soon at the aircraft lands . All very clever stuff.

Nice to see you back posting Baz. Not long before your Dreamliner flights now!

Darren

Looking on Airlinequality Thomson Airlines are getting some very poor reviews seems ontime flying is a thing of the past main complaints No IFE no Meals Poor Cabin Crew. Gone are the good old days of Britannia being the No1 Charter Airline.On the ontime flying i have been looking at Tom 2700 we travel on this on 2 September Man/Lca. Average 51mins late on departure from Man.Not bad to say this is the first flight of the day for this Aircraft??? What are the savings to the Airline not giving IFE? and not supplying the hot food option? would save the isle being blocked for most of the flight by Cabin crew trying to sell over priced items.