Thomson’s fleet of ageing aircraft makes me wonder with what and when will they be replaced.
They are due to replace their 767’s with 787’s when they are finally delivered but what will replace their 757-200WL? especially on journeys to places such as Cape Verde, the 737’s don’t have the range, airport’s too small for anything bigger than a 757’s.
Your views

Joe

The 757s are being replaced with the 737-800 aircraft. Yes, there will be capacity cuts on certain routes when compared to the 757 but the 738 can pretty much do all the routes the 757 serves at the moment. . . This includes flights to Cape Verde which it is more than capable of doing and does do with other TUI group airlines across Europe.

The small fleet of Airbus A320/1s will be retired from the fleet by the end of Summer 2012. The plan is for most of the 757s that are ending there leases to be retired from the fleet by around 2015 and replaced by the 738.

As for the 767 aircraft once the 787s eventually arrive, those 767 next due with a major check or nearing the end of their lease will be the first to leave the fleet. The first one is expected to leave before the end of 2013. I suspect the ex-TOM 767s will go to other TUI group airlines for a short while just as they have been doing now.