Russ09,

Your flight is operated by a Boeing 767-300/ER. It should be an ex-FCA aircraft which are configured 2-3-2.

Alasdair

Garym,

I hope you do get the full premium service, the left hand isn't talking to the right hand at the moment I have asked the question today about the Egypt routes/767's and premium service I couldn't get a straight answer, this was laughably in our Head Office.
Based on the inflight service "workshops" I have been involved in and past experiences on board as cabin crew I would lean towards you not getting the full service. But if today is anything to go by, anything is possible. Glad I won't be doing the flight though(no offence) that service in 5 hours brings tears to my eyes!

I will be able to confirm for definate 100% in a few weeks.

roboa wrote:

Russ09,

It should be an ex-FCA aircraft which are configured 2-3-2.

Alasdair

It definately is (assuming things don't go pear shaped on the day)

Thanks for the reply guys. What do u think my chances are of prebooking seats in premium as well?

We are travelling to Orlando with Thompson on May 21st. 2009. We have booked premium upgrades. We enquired of our travel agents about pre - allocated seats. (The travel agent rep. is my daughter-in law's sister.!) She was told by Thompson that as we had premium upgrades we automatically had guaranteed seating together , so pre allocation was possible but not neccessary as we were bound to sit together. Thompson's brochure disagrees. We are NOT guaranteed to sit together , it says. So I phoned Thompson. I was told we were NOT guaranteed sitting together but we COULD choose our seats numbers before we fly, but not until 6 weeks before. This would cost £10 per person. After readin all that has gone before ,and now this , who do you believe? I will phone Thompson again 6 weeks before we fly and let you know what happens.

Russ09,

Untill all the internal systems are talking to each other with the merger, you won't be able to pre-book specific seats in premium with First Choice. You can call and ask, but it's only possible to do it on Thomsonfly aircraft at the moment.

Darren

chrissfhl,

Because of the nature of the seating, 2-3-2, it can't be gauaranteed that everyone will be seated next to the person you want. Most people in premium are couples. With 7 abreast seating, it's therefore impossable to gauranteed everyone will be sat together. Most people do, but for the unfortunate few, they may be seperated by an isle or sat one behind the other. It is possible to pre-book specific seats in premium if you call them within 6weeks of your departure, but only if you are travelling on a Thomsonfly aircraft at the moment. Once the merger has been completed and the internal systems are talking to each other, i'm sure they'll roll out 'select you seat' across the board like they offered the last few seasons (it's a good earner for the airline).

Darren

sparky123,

re. TOM401 Birmingham to La Romana Help,

What I Told You Initially Was Incorrect Due To The Confusion Of Your Flight Numbers.

Your Flight TOM401 Is To Be Operated By A Boeing 767-300ER
ex Thomsonfly Aircraft Have Been Operating This Route As Darren Kindly Corrected Me

These Have The Blue Thomsonfly.com Livery And Blue Leather Seats,

They are Configured 2-4-2 In Economy With A 33" Seat Pitch.

Sorry For Any Confusion

Gower

It's fine I qas hoping you were correct as I prefer the FCA planes but ehhh well!!!

sparky123,

Because of the merger that is ongoing, it's not easy getting hold of the information and it's constantly changing. The aviation and holiday markets are in turmoil at the moment. Things should start to settle down once Thomson Airways are officially here and fingers crossed, both sides of the merger are operating from the same systems. Myself, BY-TOM-AMM-FCA and GowerL7 have been working very hard to get all the information for you and answer your questions as accurately as we can. It's very time consuming answering questions around other commitments. I don't think your other post on the main forum was needed, that is why David locked it. There was a bit of confusion, but your question(s) are now answered. It's always important to supply us with as much information as possible so we can get hold of the relevant flight information. There are generally multiple flights, which was the cause of the confusion. That's why we need to know the specific one you are on. If we can be of any further assistance, please post here rather than starting a new thread.

Darren

Excellent site makes very interesting reading.........Booked Gatwick to Sanford 1st July on Tom0052 and most of my questions already answered. Can you tell me (I know you will) whether we will be on an ex thomsonfly or FCA 767.

Cheers

russ581,

Welcome onboard
It should be an ex-FCA Boeing 767-300/ER. LGW will have 2x ex-FCA aircraft and a Thomsonfly based there through the summer. We'll be able to confirm it closer to the time.

Darren

Cheers will ask when the summer programme starts?

russ581 wrote:

Cheers will ask when the summer programme starts?

Darren or TUI please can you help me out with the following

How many 767 have Thomson got and reg numbers 2-4-2 layout

How many 767 ex FC have Thomson got and reg numbers 2-3-2 layout

Many thanks

snowyboy,
Thomson Airways

7 ex TOM 767s Regs G-OBYD-J

6 ex FCA 767s Regs G-DBLA & G-PJLO & G-OOAN/BK/BL/BM

Gower

Snowyboy,

Type | Registration |

EX-FCA (6):

767-35EER G-DBLA
767-35EER G-PJLO
767-39HER G-OOAN
767-324ER G-OOBK
767-324ER G-OOBL
767-324ER G-OOBM

EX-THOMSONFLY (7) :

767-304ER G-OBYD
767-304ER G-OBYF
767-304ER G-OBYH
767-304ER G-OBYE
767-304ER G-OBYG
767-304ER G-OBYI
767-304ER G-OBYJ

Alasdair

gower beat me by a minute;)

I am sure I have read that Thomsonfly have retired some of there 767 and only keeping 2 No

They have 2 767-200's which they stored at the start of this year. But haven't got rid of, or stored, any of the -300's recently and as far as I am aware don't have any plans to.

Alasdair

If you look on Planespoters under remarks all but two have "ret" what does this stand for retired ?? have asked question but got no answer.