TUI Airways Boeing 737-8K5 Manchester to Madeira Funchal | Full Flight
Is there a better way to kick off an Easter Holiday to your favourite Island destination than with a flight on a new airline? Granted I've flown with both Thomson Airways and First Choice, but this was back in 2010 and I barely remember anything about the experience. So, when we saw that TUI offered the best option between Manchester and Funchal, it had to be done!
After seeing all the chaos on social media surrounding Manchester's massive security queues, we arrived at T2 a full 3 hours before our 08:30 departure. Ironically, the whole process of dropping the bag and going through security took around 15 minutes and we were airside considerably earlier than normal. It seems everyone had the same idea as the departures area was absolutely rammed, it was great to see the airport back to normal. Our flight departed from the new B gates which take you to the aircraft via bus. This whole experience was surprisingly efficient as bus boarding can often be a bit manic. In a funny twist of fate, our aircraft for today was G-TAWY one of TUI Airways' latest deliveries which was transferred from TUIfly Nordic wearing a rather patchy hybrid colour scheme. This is ironic because despite TUI getting a new livery around 2012, this aircraft almost resembles the 767 I flew to Menorca on in 2010, 12 years ago!
The interior of the aircraft on the other hand, looked incredible. The 10 year old aircraft was fitted with the Boeing Sky Interior, comfy leather seats that had a good recline and even audio entertainment (although I didn't check to see if it worked). Another impressive feature was the overhead screens that displayed route information throughout the flight!
We pushed back around 20 minutes behind schedule and taxiied out for my first Runway 23L takeoff since January 2020, Once airborne and in the cruise I opted to try some of the food TUI offer. I went for their bacon roll and chunky chips as well as a hot chocolate, all really tasty, bacon rolls can be hit or miss on aircraft as we've all seen, but this one was suitably stocked full of bacon! Before long the 3 hour flight was coming to an end and we began the RNP Visual Approach for Runway 05, absolutely spot on approach and landing from the pilot flying with the wind just within limits for landing. We made up almost all of our delay time and with that, welcome to Madeira!
So, to summarise then. Incredible experience from start to finish. Manchester Airport was no hassle at all. The aircraft was not only a rare frame to fly on, but also really comfortable and pleasant to fly on, by far the best 737 cabin I've experienced. The onboard catering was great, although I think the absence of full meals or pre-order food definitely still gives the edge to Jet2, and finally the crew were absolutely fantastic, really friendly and pleasant. A special mention to the flightdeck crew for providing the passengers with a detailed but re-assuring briefing for the landing into Funchal, I'm sure anyone who was apprenhensive about the landing felt a bit better after that!
I cannot fault TUI at all!
AIRLINE: TUI Airways
AIRCRAFT: Boeing 737-8K5
REG: G-TAWY
AGE: 10.1 Years
SEAT: 9F
ROUTE: MAN/EGCC - FNC/LPMA
FLIGHT NO: BY2536
CALLSIGN: TOM18D
STD: 08:30 ATD: 08:53
STA: 12:30 ATA: 12:35
BLOCK TIME: 03:43
FLIGHT TIME: 03:26
CRUISE: 37,000ft (FL370)
DEP RWY: 23L
ARR RWY: 05
00:00 - Landside Views
00:40 - Airside Views
02:23 - Boarding and cabin overview
07:50 - Push back and engine start
11:12 - Taxi to the departure runway
13:30 - TAKEOFF Runway 23L
15:30 - Climbing to cruise
17:25 - Views at cruise & Inflight Meal
19:13 - Descending into Funchal
22:04 - First views of the island
23:40 - Approaching Madeira
25:35 - LANDING Runway 05
27:20 - Runway vacated and taxi to stand
30:53 - Arrival experience
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Пікірлер: 64
Never been to Madeira, the scenery looks epic! Excellent footage as usual, keep up the good work!
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
I can only recommend it! Thanks mate!
Very enjoyable flight video, thanks
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
Brilliant video mate! Flying with TUI a few times over the next year so this is a great insight to what I’d be getting 😊
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate, yeah you'll have a good experience!
Excellent video, nice one 👏
@AviationUpclose
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Love that there are still some aircraft in the old TUI Group livery, hopefully these will keep this livery but also be repainted
@AviationUpclose
7 ай бұрын
I would expect if it does get repainted it'll be to the new colours sadly!
Flying on this Sunday so thank you!
@AviationUpclose
9 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoyed!
Nice one! I’m assuming G-TAWY is ex-SE-RFX, because that was one of the last TUI 737s in the old livery… looks great! Hope you enjoyed Madeira, I visited last year and I certainly did.
@AviationUpclose
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot mate! Yeah it was good!
Nice video! Back in 2020 I flew with TUI fly Nordic and SE-RFX [these days G-TAWY] to Rhodes I was surprised about the livery I mean the livery is kinda messy when you can see those shadows of old TUI fly Nordic text. Overall I loved my flight and I loved to go with older livery. These days most of TUI fly Nordic flights are operated my Jet Time and it is kinda sad that we can't see much of these TUI planes in Nordic countries these days.
@AviationUpclose
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I quite like the odd look ot TAWY/RFX - Shame there's not more like it!
this is going to be me in September! cant wait!
@AviationUpclose
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy!!
@liamphilbin7256
Жыл бұрын
wwwwwwwww🤧
@SimplySammyK
Жыл бұрын
@@liamphilbin7256 lol I'm excited, I've only been abroad once and that was nearly 10 years ago, this will be the first holiday I've booked for myself too! :)
@liamphilbin7256
Жыл бұрын
yyyyyyyyyyyyy🥒
I"m flying with TUI from Manchester to Cyprus in 3 weeks! So hyped haven't been on a plane for 6 years. The day before I'm going to the aviation viewing park. Thanks for the video and giving me a preview of what to expect 😀👍
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the video, have a lovely holiday!
Wow that aircraft looks shabby with the makeshift new TUI logo
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic cabin inside though, and that's the main thing!
I love TUI UK I really recommend a loins haul flight from Manchester or somewhere in the uk to American or the Caribbean as I flew with them twice long haul both from Birmingham once to punta Cana for a 2 week holiday and then once to cancun for a 2 week holiday and the flight was amazing great food and great ife selection !
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Yeah really positive impression of them!
cant wait flying with tui to tunisia in 6 days!
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoyed the flight!
@fintastiic
2 жыл бұрын
@@AviationUpclose Thankyou arrived today. Tui has great service!
I flew on this exact plane from Doncaster to rhodes
@AviationUpclose
9 ай бұрын
Very nice!
very good 👍 greetings from Ireland 👍 🇮🇪 how are you doing?🤟
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Not too bad, hope you're well!!
Fabulous video mate 👌👌 lucky you got to fly G-TAWY
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!
I have flown on the exact same plane when it was S E - R F X!
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Nice one!
Was there any busy queue. How long was you at the airport before your actual departure
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
We arrived at about 0530 around 3 hours before departure expecting a big queue. The queue was maybe about 10 minutes!
@blueskyaviation5676
2 жыл бұрын
@@AviationUpclose thanks it’s just I want to know for when I go
TUI is the best🙄❤️
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Great experience with them!
I’m flying with tui soon and I’m dreading being on 737 max 8 🫣
@AviationUpclose
2 ай бұрын
It'll be alright!
Do TUI sell model aircraft onboard?
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Only toy ones!
why does the planes livery not have the famous tui wave on it
@scottmurphy4278
2 жыл бұрын
Could be a lease from another airline, they have been known to lease 737-800s from Sunwing
@Mason_j60
2 жыл бұрын
@@scottmurphy4278 👍
@reverze2031
2 жыл бұрын
@@Mason_j60 This plane was first flying for Tuifly Nordic,they changed the old livery very late. This plane still had the old livery when it was transfered-There was no time to repaint.
@Mason_j60
2 жыл бұрын
@@reverze2031 thank you
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
The aircraft had the TUIFly Nordic branding removed and replaced with the smaller TUI logo when the group were consolidating the brand. It actually flew like that as SE-RFX before coming over to the UK Register
The old livery imo looks so outdated now icl
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
It's a rare one!
The 🗺
@donnaphilbin6563
2 жыл бұрын
The 🗺
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Recently flew with tui, uncomfortable, no leg room, dirty planes, and the recent lapse in mask wearing by crew and passengers frankly ridiculous
@JDVM-om9oc
2 жыл бұрын
U stay under ya rock
@flightsimmer9809
2 жыл бұрын
there is no lapse in mask wearing TUI scrapped face masks on flights as well as other airlines.
@AviationUpclose
2 жыл бұрын
I only have my one experience to go off but I can't draw any comparisons to yours. As for the mask wearing you've got to accept that these are the new guidelines. If you don't like it then don't travel. Or fly with an airline that still mandates the use of them!
@flightsimmer9809
2 жыл бұрын
@@AviationUpclose thats to easy though lol
@TonyRodrigues63
2 жыл бұрын
Fly MINI they got bigger over the years🙃🤣