Charter Airlines

Sully

So I'm looking at flying to Greece this September with Thompson. I don't really like flying and the furthest I've flown is to Lanzarote.

With it being a longer flight and a charter, I wonder is it wise? More uncomfortable and not sure I'd be comfortable?

Appreciate your honest opinions!

Cheers

Rawr

I've taken similar charters, and depending on the plane itself they can be relatively OK comfort-wise.

I don't know Thompson, but some charters also offer Premium Economy upgrades as chargeable add-ons to the booking. In those cases you'd often get more leg-room or a slightly better chair, making for a more comfortable flight.

arubex

Thomson have a lot more leg-room on their 787s than the rest of the fleet ( 33" pitch ) but that's mainly to compensate for the narrow Dreamliner seats.

Their 737s and 757s are much tighter in pitch, 28" I think. And the seats are only a smidge wider than the 787.

The 767s are abysmal; eight-abreast in a seven-abreast fuselage. Avoid!

If it's out of Dublin it'll be a 737-800 and most likely Sunwing flying for Thomson Airways. Seating will be tight enough most airlines are 30-31 inches apart 28in will be tight.

The flight is only a small portion of the holiday though.

0lddog

Any TOM 738s that I've been on had 32 rows of seats ( same as Ryanair one row less than Ryanair - it would seem ) however the leg room seems better than Ryanair due to the design of the seats probably because there are fewer rows to fit in .

Will the flying time be much longer than to Lanzarote ?

billie1b

0lddog wrote: »

Will the flying time be much longer than to Lanzarote ?

I wouldn't think so, 15 minutes maybe

Should be similar but depends on where you are going in Greece Iraklion is about 70nms further than Lanzarote for example but might be same time length due to tailwinds it could be longer flying back due to headwinds.

Sunwings seat pitch is 29ins.

0lddog

billie1b wrote: »

I wouldn't think so, 15 minutes maybe

Thats what I was thinking too.

( 'Suppose chances of ATC delays across Europe are greater than when going down to ACE)

Locker10a

Seats and comfort on Thomson are much the same as short haul Aer Lingus and Ryanair and flying time similar to the canaries more or less, Thomson are a good airline