Hello all been having a look and what a great site this is.
so I thought I would join up and ask my first question.
I am flying with Firstchoice airlines from Manchester to Varadero in cuba on the 14th of this month from Manchester.
Now according to First choice its a 767 and one of theirs and not a Thompson aircraft.
So why is it that as I was looking on the web I noticed that there is a company offering the same trip but with Martinair from Manchester on the same day.
Are first choice subbing out the flights to Cuba or am I getting my wires crossed.
I have put a link to the site which shows the airline as being Martinair.
http://www.theholidayplace.co.uk/book_holidays.asp?i=29698&f=14-Aug-08&r=1119&a=18579660_553348549
Thanks
Chester
By: tenthije - 7th August 2008 at 20:55
It could be that Martinair have got an allocation of seats on the First Choice flight…it often happens to save operating two separate flights to the same destination!
I am not convinced of that. Martinair is in stiff competition with ArkeFly, the Dutch brand of the TUI empire. It would surprise me a lot to see TUI handing over business to Martinair, even if it TUI where to make money from it. My best would be that you’ll fly to AMS and then catch a Martinair flight.
By: cloud_9 - 7th August 2008 at 16:30
So why is it that as I was looking on the web I noticed that there is a company offering the same trip but with Martinair from Manchester on the same day.
It could be that Martinair have got an allocation of seats on the First Choice flight…it often happens to save operating two separate flights to the same destination!
By: UPSMD11f - 7th August 2008 at 10:41
This is probably a “Codeshare” flight where the flight is operated by 1 airline but other airlines use them for their customers.For Example I live in Warsaw and if you look at the flight arrivals and departures you will see flights to/from Heathrow,Frankfurt,Brussels,Amsterdam,New York and Toronto been served by several airlines in fact all these will be Operated by LOT (or BA on heathrow route) they just use the flight codes from the other airlines.
Arrival:-
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/content/timetable/en/onlinetimetable.php?typ=przylot
Departures:-
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/content/timetable/en/onlinetimetable.php?typ=przylot
Hope this has help clear things up
Have a great & safe holiday.
Regards Steve
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