Flights actually arriving

[Jimbo]

Very pleased to see that the first TUI Monday flight went from Doncaster this afternoon.

Also pleased to say a nice number of people on the beach at Mistral and Waves today :-)

[Lesley]

Yes for sure more people around today which is good news for guests and suppliers.  Since Jet2 starting arriving from last Monday 19/07 you can see more people wandering around, still quieter than normal but nice to see more people generally around........

[Pat g]

Doncaster flight just landed  Jimbo  5minutes early

[Karen]

All sounds good!!

[Jimbo]

Thanks, Pat. I watched it land on the airport webcam!

The airports', and consequently Flightradar24's, arrivals/departures systems take a few weeks to catch up. Doncaster showed the plane going but not coming back, and Corfu showed it arriving but not departing. Flightradar24 had it scheduled, but not with it's flight number, so didn't show it departing. I managed to catch it just north of Durres on the Albanian coast, so I had the aircraft call-sign (G-FDZD) and you can put this into the search box. So it didn't vanish out of the known universe as the timetables indicated.

All part of the fun. Not so much fun for a Scottish woman, who was very happy posting on the Nafsika Facebook page that she'd just booked to stay there with her daughter in August. A few hours later she reported that TUI had cancelled it, claiming that it was because of government travel advice. That's obvious cobblers, because TUI has sent loads of planes to Greece today. I think the technical term is "bums on seats".

[Scottygirl]

Glad I changed my booking from TUI to Jet2 for august flying from Edinburgh as so far so good for 5th august 🤞🤞

[David A]

Glad I changed my booking from TUI to Jet2 for august flying from Edinburgh as so far so good for 5th august 🤞🤞

Good to know, but can I be nosey and ask what tests etc you have to take, or certificates you have to provide in order to fly out from and return to Scotland? I'm double-jabbed but holding back from booking a Jet 2 flight mid September until things become clearer. Fine chance of that happening soon!

[Evertonendo]

TUI normally have 3 Friday flights from Manchester but they seem to have condensed them into one early flight.
It appears to have gone OK last week so hoping they dont pull it at the last minute 

[Jimbo]

TUI really need to get their act together. If they told people that their flights might have to be limited, but they would certainly fly x or y on day z, then people could make an informed choice. Just arbitrarily chopping and changing results in total lack of confidence. Booking are obviously pretty low, but we all understand honesty. Accepting a booking one day and cancelling it a day or two later is not justifiable. We are not a lottery.

[D@G]

TUI really need to get their act together. If they told people that their flights might have to be limited, but they would certainly fly x or y on day z, then people could make an informed choice. Just arbitrarily chopping and changing results in total lack of confidence. Booking are obviously pretty low, but we all understand honesty. Accepting a booking one day and cancelling it a day or two later is not justifiable. We are not a lottery.

That’s it exactly. I think we all understand the need to be flexible with travel these days and consolidating the flights isn’t a problem, aslong as customers are given enough time to search other options. Communication is key and TUI have really dropped the ball with it this year.

[Scottygirl]

Glad I changed my booking from TUI to Jet2 for august flying from Edinburgh as so far so good for 5th august 🤞🤞

Well that was short lived. Yes it’s 2.10am Scottish time and I can’t sleep as Jet2 just cancelled flights from Edinburgh/Scotland for 5th August!!!!!! Why they allowed us to check in and encourage buying tests is beyond belief. !!! Will be contacting them tomorrow for some sort of explanation.

[Scottygirl]

Good to know, but can I be nosey and ask what tests etc you have to take, or certificates you have to provide in order to fly out from and return to Scotland? I'm double-jabbed but holding back from booking a Jet 2 flight mid September until things become clearer. Fine chance of that happening soon!

Hi please read my current thread on this !  Tried to find out today before our flights were cancelled on tests etc!!  Went to two different  pharmacies and neither of them knew what to do, both referred me to Scottish government website which tells you nothing !!! Ridiculous. We travelled last September to SS in the middle of all this with no problems and yet this year the Scottish government are making it impossible.

[geordieborn2]

Not too sure what information you are missing/looking for, but this Scottish site does seem to have details. Jet2 also have details of where you can get tests. I would have thought most travel companies would have such.

[Jimbo]

So it's not just TUI that are cancelling. Bookings must be pretty dreadful. But I think that last year, and earlier this year, a lot of people shifted their booking to September.

[David A]

Well that was short lived. Yes it’s 2.10am Scottish time and I can’t sleep as Jet2 just cancelled flights from Edinburgh/Scotland for 5th August!!!!!! Why they allowed us to check in and encourage buying tests is beyond belief. !!! Will be contacting them tomorrow for some sort of explanation.

That's horrible news, very sorry to hear that.