TUI Airlines Belgium fleet expansion?

Skystef · Post by **Skystef** » 05 Feb 2004, 23:11

SkyJet wrote:...aircraft once taken up a Belgian (OO-) registration they will keep this throughout their carreer and won't be re-registered.

Of course there are always exeptions to that rule.
For instance check out c/n 21359: OO-ABB of Air Belgium and then OO-TYB of TEA back in 1982.

SS

Post by **sn26567** » 06 Feb 2004, 00:06

OO-VAC will not even need to be repainted. Just a small change of titles...

vflies · Post by **vflies** » 24 Feb 2004, 10:15

Apparently, TUI Airlines Belgium will start operations earlier than foreseen. Five B737 would be put into service as early as next week (March 1st) according to Belgium's Channel Z...

VFlies

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 24 Feb 2004, 10:18

vflies wrote:Apparently, TUI Airlines Belgium will start operations earlier than foreseen. Five B737 would be put into service as early as next week (March 1st) according to Belgium's Channel Z...

8O That's also really fast... Belgian beginning airlines are fast, accurate. Look @ Belgium Exell, and now TUI... I hope it is all "verantwoord"...

greettzzz

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 02 Mar 2004, 23:22

What i don`t understand.

Belgium was ( in the past years ) alway`s a airbus country, sabena was a big operator of the busses, and sn techniks has a world fame about maintance from the busses ( also from the boeings )

But all the charter airlines ( Sobelair, CityBird, Air belgium etc.. ) use Boeing a/c.... Don`t understand me wrong... i dont mean that airbus is a wrong a/c, or boeing is a wrong a/c i amneutral in that because i love both...

But f you look to Holland, it`s a only boeing country ( exept some a320, and the klm a330 will join the fleet in april 2005 )

Sow my question is, why sabena and sn brussels airlines, are airbus costumers, and citybird, virgin, sobelair, air belgium, constellation are/were boeing costumers?

Maby Bart "luchtzak "can explane me that

Realy Kind Regards,

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » 03 Mar 2004, 00:20

V-Bird wrote: Sow my question is, why sabena and sn brussels airlines, are airbus costumers, and citybird, virgin, sobelair, air belgium, constellation are/were boeing costumers?

It all comes down to money, since there are a lot of relatively cheap, older boeings available, but not much airbusses. You logicaly start off with some old B737's, and maybe you can add some new 737's when you expand. Since charter companies don't exactly have to much cash, it's the cheapest one they fly...

Since SABENA didn't care about cost of aircraft, they bought airbus (it killed them though

)
(not to say airbus is more expencive or a bad aircraft, I love them!)

website-info · Post by **website-info** » 03 Mar 2004, 08:52

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday TUI Belgium told there staff that effective June 04 a B767 would be introduced, it should enter service Jul 1st. I am not sure if they also told the staff, but they will also lease in 3 B737 (not sure -400 or -800) from Futura for the summer peaks as well, seems they are getting bigger and bigger,

Rgds
Tony

AirDupont · Post by **AirDupont** » 03 Mar 2004, 09:22

Will the 767 just be for the summer as well?? So it will be 5x737 and 1x767 + 3x737 for the summer?
Great News!!!!!

Greetz :kvole:

SilverJET · Post by **SilverJET** » 03 Mar 2004, 10:06

TUI Airlines Belgium

Has now confirmed the composition of its short/medium haul fleet which will be 2 Boeing 737-800s and 3 Boeing 737-400s. Operations are due to start at the end of the month. The airline also plans to lease 3 Boeing 737s from Futura for the busy summer months.
In addition TUI Belgium announced it has decided to operate long haul services as well and will acquire a Boeing 767-300 for this. The aircraft will begin operations on 01Jul04.

Source: http://www.justplanes.com

Best Regards
Raymond

:dance: :mexwave: :dance:

sabena4ever · Post by **sabena4ever** » 03 Mar 2004, 12:01

SilverJET wrote:TUI Airlines Belgium

Has now confirmed the composition of its short/medium haul fleet which will be 2 Boeing 737-800s and 3 Boeing 737-400s. The airline also plans to lease 3 Boeing 737s from Futura for the busy summer months.
In addition TUI Belgium announced it has decided to operate long haul services as well and will acquire a Boeing 767-300 for this. The aircraft will begin operations on 01Jul04.
Source: http://www.justplanes.com
Best Regards
Raymond
:dance: :mexwave: :dance:

Well, I can't resist to talk about Sobelair's fleet!!!
people said that Sobelair's fleet was to big , remember that!?
and now, Tui 's fleet 'll have 8 b737, 1 b767!!!!
Sobelair's fleet was 8b737, 3b767
surprising isn't it??
have a nice day

SilverJET · Post by **SilverJET** » 03 Mar 2004, 12:22

@ sabena4erver

Actually TUI's fleet contains 5 737s and 1 767. Only for the busy summer season they will lease 3 extra Futura 737 aircrafts.

Skystef · Post by **Skystef** » 04 Mar 2004, 13:20

Read in some newspapers that they have "an eye" on one of the SLR B767's.

SS

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 04 Mar 2004, 13:44

Q707 wrote:Read in some newspapers that they have "an eye" on one of the SLR B767's.

SS

Then I hope they have a good "budget"...

I don't think that those aircrafts are cheap...

Also a "bedenking": is one B763 not enough to start with??

greettzzz

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 04 Mar 2004, 17:06

AS I remeber Constellation used 3 A320's and Air belgium 2 A 320's. Also Citybird used two A306F for its freight operations!

vflies · Post by **vflies** » 04 Mar 2004, 18:32

It's very good news and, if their fleet is similar to what SLR's used to be, hopefully they'll give a job back to many of their employees...
So with TUI and Exel, they might all have a job back

VFlies

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 04 Mar 2004, 19:33

V-Bird wrote:Sow my question is, why sabena and sn brussels airlines, are airbus costumers, and citybird, virgin, sobelair, air belgium, constellation are/were boeing costumers?

The first think to know is that SN Technics, always was in favor and I think still is in favor of Boeing planes. Sabena always had a majority of Boeing's.
But when Swissair came, they obliged SN to buy Airbus planes.
When SNBA came and needed some bigger planes, they probably took the A319, because they were still waiting for a new customer, allready had a very nice interior and were very young !!

Greetz
Chris
8)

Skystef · Post by **Skystef** » 04 Mar 2004, 21:39

Jense wrote: Also a "bedenking": is one B763 not enough to start with??

It's the one they are searching for, not a second one.
Also nice to know is that flights to Turkey will be operated (again) by a MNG Airlines plane, this time a B737-400 will wear "full" Tui colours, so sadly not the A300 anymore

.

SS

down2earth1 · Post by **down2earth1** » 10 Mar 2004, 13:21

Hi guys!

My first post on the forum and it's already a question

I'm flying to the dominican republic on the 7th of april with sunjets/jetair,
so normally it will be with TUI airlines, but i see that they have only B737's
Are they planning to fuel up somewhere in the atlantic, or will we fly with an other company

?
I hope 4 an airbus, really want to fly in one finally... i'm getting tyred of al those 737's and 767's

grtzzzzz

Post by **sn26567** » 10 Mar 2004, 13:29

down2earth1 wrote:I'm flying to the dominican republic on the 7th of april with sunjets/jetair, so normally it will be with TUI airlines, but i see that they have only B737's. Are they planning to fuel up somewhere in the atlantic, or will we fly with an other company

Likely to be an LTU A330-200 or -300.

Post by **airbuske** » 10 Mar 2004, 13:32

down2earth1 wrote:Hi guys!

My first post on the forum and it's already a question
I'm flying to the dominican republic on the 7th of april with sunjets/jetair,
so normally it will be with TUI airlines, but i see that they have only B737's
Are they planning to fuel up somewhere in the atlantic, or will we fly with an other company ?
I hope 4 an airbus, really want to fly in one finally... i'm getting tyred of al those 737's and 767's

grtzzzzz

Welcome !

I saw that your flight has a TAB flight nummer TUB 1843
But I think it will be operated by LTU A330

I'm slow , andré was the first with an anwser

Greetings
Airbuske

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