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Air Transat To Take Former MX A332's

YVRLTN From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 2085 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 4436 times:

http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/regdb.main?LC=nav4

Registered to TS on 9/30

XA-MXP to become C-GTSR
XA-MXQ to become C-GTSZ

So will these be for growth, or are 2x A310's being parked? I note C6 are doing quite a bit of TS flying ex YVR so far this winter season.

Last flight TS577 C-GTSJ A330-243 LGW-MAN-YVR

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bAe146TOM From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 228 posts, RR: 5
Reply 1, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 4368 times:

Thomas cook airlines have not been extended for their usual flying program operating for canadian affair/TS as we are told TS now have the fleet availability to operate the flights then selves I assume this helps the big uk program,

Tom

FCKC From France, joined Nov 2004, 2347 posts, RR: 4
Reply 2, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 3660 times:

Some weeks ago , TS were supposed to have signed with a lessor (Aercap ?) for some brand new A330s on lease.
Saw somewhere that these leased A330s will not be new built planes , but used planes.
Could both these ex MX frames be these used planes , or are they 2 more units ?
Referring to ATDB they are 2 more units , and they have 4 A330s to arrive next year.
Is it the end of the road for the A310 at TS ?

pnwtraveler From Canada, joined Jun 2007, 2046 posts, RR: 12
Reply 3, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 3615 times:

If that they are indeed getting 6 332's then maybe that answers the rumour that TS was lined up already to take some of AC's 763's that will be retired when the 788 arrives. I can't see all their routes handling a 332 mind you. I would think they still need some sort of smaller aircraft so perhaps some of the 310's will be replaced by 763's.

KrisYYZ From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1575 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 3530 times:

Quoting FCKC (Reply 2):
Is it the end of the road for the A310 at TS ?

That is the long-term plan. Most, if not all of TS A310s came to them heavily used from other carriers so those birds have a lot of cycles. TS will more likely accelerate their fleet overhaul has more A330s become available from airlines who get new factory built models.

There was talk from TS last year about their plan for the future and the possibility of an A350 or B787 order so they may streamline the fleet with brand new aircraft. But it makes sense for TS to go all A330s until they are ready to acquire new planes.

TS now has 2 A333s, but they basically have the same capacity as the A332s in their fleet. I wonder if these newly acquired A330s are going to be in the same config as well.

KrisYYZ

Malev forever!

United_fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7158 posts, RR: 8
Reply 5, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 3521 times:

With TS taking MX's A330's it's looking less likely MX will start back up.

'Empathy was yesterday...Today, you're wasting my Mother-F'ing time' - Heat.

BWIA330 From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 919 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 3239 times:

It was stated on Transat's webiste that by the end of 2011 they will have 11 Airbus A330 aircraft. This is a large fleet of A330's, and they are phasing out the A310's for A330's.

pnwtraveler From Canada, joined Jun 2007, 2046 posts, RR: 12
Reply 7, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 3182 times:

Quoting BWIA330 (Reply 6):
It was stated on Transat's webiste that by the end of 2011 they will have 11 Airbus A330 aircraft

That is a big boost in lift over the A310's. I wonder what is going to happen to the "smaller" markets.

Fly2YYZ From Canada, joined Jan 2006, 964 posts, RR: 2
Reply 8, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 3009 times:

Quoting pnwtraveler (Reply 7):

That is a big boost in lift over the A310's. I wonder what is going to happen to the "smaller" markets.

Double stop flights galore. YYZ-NCL-EXT, YYZ-YUL-LIS, YYZ-PSR-SUF....

olli From Mexico, joined Mar 2001, 333 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2454 times:

Quoting Fly2YYZ (Reply 8):
With TS taking MX's A330's it's looking less likely MX will start back up.

This has nothing to do with MX probable relaunch, they were due to go before the crisis was announced.

Regards,

aamd11 From UK - Wales, joined Nov 2001, 1040 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2356 times:

Quoting pnwtraveler (Reply 7):
I wonder what is going to happen to the "smaller" markets.

More outsourced flying by carriers like C6, surely?

We can dream... a 767 in C6 livery?

AIH757 From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2010, 22 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1800 times:

The XLA A330s that never were have found a new home! Good Luck in Canada

AIH757

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