Found this a bit strange. We are travelling to Cuba in December this year to get married. We are taking our best friends with us but they are only travelling for 1 week and us for 2. We are going on different flights, we are going with First Choice the others with Thomas Cook. Nothing strange about the outbound flights we take off at 9.15am from Gatwick and arrive at Varadero at 14.40 and the others leave Gatwick at 9.45am and arrive in Varadero at 15.05. Now this is were is seems to get a bit strange.
There return flight back to Gatwick leaves Varadero at 16.50 and arrives back in Gatwick the next morning at 08.55am. But on our return flights we leave Varadero 16.40 and we get into Gatwick at 06.40.
So the Thomas Cook flight back seems to take just over 16 hours but the First Choice flight only taking 13 hours.
How can this be possible ?? Or have Thomas Cook got theres wrong?
Sounds as though there may be a stop to pick up passengers en route at another Cuban airport (or simply for refuelling as happened to us at Nassau (Bahamas). This type of stop does not affect the flight as being a 'direct' flight ... you may not even have to deplane. Ask your TO and push for details. It's a bit of a pain, but after a great holiday, you might be glad of a few hours extra kip on the plane ....
Thomas Cook, do round robin flights to Cuba, outbound you will stop at Varadero, to let passengers staying there get off, you have two - three hours in the airport dept lounge - then you reboard along with the passengers going home from Varadero, you then reland in Holguin, and you disembark and they stay on the plane waiting for the Holguin passengers going home to board.
Thnx for the replies. Unlucky the ones travelling with Thomas Cook. 16 hours from Cuba to Gatwick. Then they flying to Amsterdam after that. Ouchy
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