Many thanks Darren!

After receiving confirmation that we had booked seats 2A&B on Tom 437 Antayla-Manchester on 21st June, we have now been informed we have seats 11J&L.
Are these still extra space seats.? And why do you think they may have been changed?

denny.53,

Possibly double booking? Row 11 J/L should be the bulkhead row at the front of the centre cabin, so extra legroom if that's what you've booked.

Darren

Thanks Darren,

Apparently it now the Jetairfly763 (as you said, but wasn't when we booked the seats.)

Seats2B doesnt exist and arent extra legroom on the ATL-MAN leg
.
11J&L are 2 together, as you say at the front of the centre cabin. -( there are no B or K seats) hence why maddave has booked 1A&C which are 2 together at the very front of the plane.

I called to book extra leg room seats and was told I will have to try 1 week before departure as there is no availability on the return flight and they won't let you book extra leg room one way apart from 7 days before scheduled departure for some reason.

When I asked where the extra leg room seats where I was told row 11 so yes your seats will be extra leg room.

Dave

Yes I was told row 11A&C + J&L and all of row 20?

denny.53 wrote:

Yes I was told row 11A&C + J&L and all of row 20?

Row 11 A/C, J/L being the bulkhead seats and row 20 overwing exit row.

Darren

I'm hearing on the grapevine that the FAA will be announcing that the redesigned battery and battery containment system will be certified on April 19th leading to the lifting of the grounding order on the 787-8 Dreamliner on 24th April 2013. This doesn't mean airlines will be permitted to fly on that date, this will only be possible once the modifications are implimented so will take a while as there are 50 grounded aircraft worldwide. Boeing are saying this will take around 6 weeks. The first is set to be Ethipoian Airlines who are set to resume 787-8 flights from 27th April as a Boeing team is in Addis Ababa ready to work on the aircraft. This is good news for Thomson Airways, things are starting to move and they may be getting a revised delivery date soon once they know when the modifications can be done on their aircraft and they can start flight testing. A team at Boeing will be working on the backlog of aircraft to modify those awaiting delivery. I don't expect Thomson will be having a delivery for another couple of months yet due to the backlog of aircraft and the amount of testing that needs to be done pre-delivery, but it's a step in the right direction. I'll post more when I have it.

Darren

Good news! Starting May 2014, Thomson (Airways) will be lauching flights / holidays from Gatwick to Mauritius, and bringing back Gatwick / Manchester to Puerto Vallarta (Mexico). All flights are operated by Boeing 787-8. Further details are on Thomson's website.

Darren

Just a quick question...

Flying to Corfu from Luton this July for 2 weeks (5512/5513) and on select your seat it was an aircraft with around 41 rows which I guess is a 757 - the past few years we have flown this route it has been 737-800 with 32 rows...

Have flown the 757 before but was just wondering will all the 757s have the new extra space seats. Also I was confused as I thought the 757 was 41 rows before the reconfiguration, so if they remove seats for extra legroom will there be less than 41 rows or are not all 757s being reconfigured.

Also heard a rumour that the forward and mid cabins on the 757 will get slightly more seat pitch (but not as much as the extra space rows) is this true?

Cheers

Not all 757 are getting the extra leg room.
If you go onto Thomson facebook page and send then a private message with your reference number they will confirm if your flight is to have the extra legroom for you.

My hunch is it won't as you say it has 41 rows on the seat plan which is std configuration.

maddave25 wrote:

Not all 757 are getting the extra leg room.
If you go onto Thomson facebook page and send then a private message with your reference number they will confirm if your flight is to have the extra legroom for you.

My hunch is it won't as you say it has 41 rows on the seat plan which is std configuration.

The new configuration still has rows numbered to 41

So have they just removed some of the lower row numbers?

Massage,

Its a row in the forward and centre cabin that has been removed. Details are on our What Aircraft? guide.

Darren

Dazbo HT Mod wrote:

I'm hearing on the grapevine that the FAA will be announcing that the redesigned battery and battery containment system will be certified on April 19th leading to the lifting of the grounding order on the 787-8 Dreamliner on 24th April 2013. This doesn't mean airlines will be permitted to fly on that date, this will only be possible once the modifications are implimented so will take a while as there are 50 grounded aircraft worldwide. Boeing are saying this will take around 6 weeks. The first is set to be Ethipoian Airlines who are set to resume 787-8 flights from 27th April as a Boeing team is in Addis Ababa ready to work on the aircraft. This is good news for Thomson Airways, things are starting to move and they may be getting a revised delivery date soon once they know when the modifications can be done on their aircraft and they can start flight testing. A team at Boeing will be working on the backlog of aircraft to modify those awaiting delivery. I don't expect Thomson will be having a delivery for another couple of months yet due to the backlog of aircraft and the amount of testing that needs to be done pre-delivery, but it's a step in the right direction. I'll post more when I have it.

Darren

Just seen this.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/10007070/Boeing-given-green-light-to-resume-Dreamliner-flights.html

Dazbo HT Mod wrote:

I'm hearing on the grapevine that the FAA will be announcing that the redesigned battery and battery containment system will be certified on April 19th leading to the lifting of the grounding order on the 787-8 Dreamliner on 24th April 2013. This doesn't mean airlines will be permitted to fly on that date, this will only be possible once the modifications are implimented so will take a while as there are 50 grounded aircraft worldwide. Boeing are saying this will take around 6 weeks. The first is set to be Ethipoian Airlines who are set to resume 787-8 flights from 27th April as a Boeing team is in Addis Ababa ready to work on the aircraft. This is good news for Thomson Airways, things are starting to move and they may be getting a revised delivery date soon once they know when the modifications can be done on their aircraft and they can start flight testing. A team at Boeing will be working on the backlog of aircraft to modify those awaiting delivery. I don't expect Thomson will be having a delivery for another couple of months yet due to the backlog of aircraft and the amount of testing that needs to be done pre-delivery, but it's a step in the right direction. I'll post more when I have it.

Darren

FAA press release.
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=14554

Please could you tell me what aircraft we will be on flying from Manchester to Montego Bay on 16th May (TOM162)

Thanks

Richard

richck,

Welcome onboard
MAN-MBJ-MAN (TOM162/3) are operated by former First Choice Boeing 767-300/ER. They use gate 19 at Montego Bay. You'll find extensive aircraft information on our What Aircraft? guide (link below).

Darren

Sunaddict wrote:

FAA press release.
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=14554

Nice to see my source was correct. You hear things first on HT!!!

Darren