Charter Flight History - The 2010's
Summer 2010
Summer 2010 was set to see losses again in Humberside's range of charter flights, but on a far smaller scale than previous Summer's. The only lost service was the Tuesday Palma flight. The loss of this service, plus the transfer of the Thursday Palma flight to Air Europa meant that while the Spanish airline returned, Thomson Airways ceased regular services to Humberside Airport after over 10 years of service as Britannia, Thomsonfly and later Thomson Airways. On the plus side h4u increased the operating period and frequency of their Dalaman services; a new Friday frequency also bringing a new airline to Humberside, Sky Airlines of Turkey. Meanwhile B767's also made a welcome regular return to Humberside, with Thomas Cook Airlines using a B767-300ER to Dalaman. B767's had last been regular vistors to Humberside in Summer 2004 when Britannia sent a Leeds Bradford based B767-200 to operate flights from Humberside in May and June.
However the July collapse of Goldtrail Holidays led to the loss of the Bodrum route shortly before it was due to resume for the Summer, and one Dalaman flight. Goldtrail had briefly introduced another new airline to Humberside Airport, Turkuaz Airlines.
Antalya - Thomas Cook Airlines B757-200 - Sunday - Airtours, Thomas Cook
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Sunday - Balkan Holidays
Dalaman - Thomas Cook Airlines B767-300ER - Monday - Airtours, Thomas Cook
Dalaman - Turkuaz Airlines A320 - Tuesday - Goldtrail Holidays - service started on July 6th and ended mid-July following collapse of Goldtrail Holidays
Dalaman - Onur Air A321 - Thursday - h4u - 20th May to 14th Octoner
Dalaman - Sky Airlines B737-800 - Friday - h4u - peak Summer Only
Heraklion - Eurocypria B737-800 - Tuesday - Olympic Holidays
Heraklion - Eurocypria B737-800 - Friday - Airtours, Thomas Cook
Larnaca - Eurocypria B737-800 - Wednesday - Olympic Holidays
Larnaca - Eurocypria B737-800 - Saturday - Airtours, Thomas Cook
Palma - Thomas Cook Airlines A320 - Tuesday - Airtours, Thomas Cook
Palma - Air Europa B737-800 - Thursday - First Choice, Thomson
Winter 2010-11
For the second winter in a row, Humberside Airport saw no regular charter flights, with just the occasional special departure providing the only charter activity.
Summer 2011
Another Summer, another set of reductions to the charter network, and another tour operator collapse. Greece and Cyprus saw major reductions as Thomas Cook pulled their weekly charter flights to both Heraklion and Larnaca, while Olympic Holidays reduced the operating period of their services. This came after the collapse of airline Europcypria; Olympic Holidays used Fly Hellas, a new airline to Humberside, for their remaining flights. A planned new charter flight to Enfidha, Tunisia with Thomas Cook Holidays was cancelled following the removal of the country's President from power in a revolution. h4u had planned to reintroduce a Bodrum service for Summer 2011 but this didn't materalise, and they collapsed in early August - following the completion of customer repatriation flights in mid-August Onur Air's services into Humberside therefore ceased.
Antalya - Thomas Cook Airlines B757-200 - Monday - Airtours, Thomas Cook
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Sunday - Balkan Holidays
Dalaman - Thomas Cook Airlines B757-200/B767-300ER - Tuesday - Airtours, Thomas Cook
Dalaman - Onur Air A321 - Thursday - h4u - service ceased in mid-August following collapse of h4u
Heraklion - Fly Hellas A320 - Tuesday - Olympic Holidays - late May to mid September only
Larnaca - Fly Hellas A320 - Wednesday - Olympic Holidays - May to early July only
Palma - Air Europa B737-800 - Thursday - First Choice, Thomson
Palma - Thomas Cook Airlines A320 - Saturday - Airtours, Thomas Cook
Winter 2011-12
Another winter, and again no regular charter flights from Humberside Airport.
Summer 2012
More reductions for charter flights from Humberside Airport in Summer 2012 with just 4 weekly flights operating as Thomson Holidays left Humberside; they dropped their remaining weekly Palma charter after offering holidays from Humberside since 1992. Furthermore Thomas Cook Holidays cancelled their Antalya departure and Olympic Holidays their Larnaca departure. Changes in operating airlines saw Humberside Airport welcome Aegean Airlines for the first time, and re-welcome Pegasus Airlines.
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Sunday - Balkan Holidays - 20th May to 23rd September
Dalaman - Pegasus Airlines B737-800 - Tuesday - Airtours, Thomas Cook - 1st May to 26th June, 24th July to 18th September
Heraklion - Aegean Airlines A320 - Tuesday - Olympic Holidays - 29th May to 18th September
Palma - Thomas Cook Airlines A320 - Saturday - Airtours, Thomas Cook - 2nd June to 15th September
Winter 2012-13
Again no regular charter flights were offered from Humberside Airport.
Summer 2013
Summer 2013 reversed the trend of decline, with an increase in the number of charter flights offered. The airport arranged two new weekly flights to Alicante and Palma, operated by Volotea using B717's, a new airline and aircraft type for Humberside. Tour Operators for the flights included start-up JetXtra, Low Cost Holidays, Humberside Airport Travel, Teleticket and the Monarch Group. A new flight to Enfidha was also started by Nouvelair on behalf of Thomas Cook; Nouvelair returning to Humberside for the first time since 2006. Thomas Cook Airlines ceased to serve Humberside, with Thomas Cook's Palma flight being transferred to new-to-Humberside Orbest, and Pegasus were replaced by Freebird Airlines, another new-to-Humberside operator, on the Dalaman flight. One negative however was the loss of Olympic Holiday's Heraklion flight.
Alicante - Volotea B717 - Tuesday - Avro, Cosmos, Humberside Airport Travel, JetXtra, Low Cost Holidays, Monarch Holidays, Teleticket - 28th May to 17th September
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Sunday - Balkan Holidays - 19th May to 29th September
Dalaman - Freebird A320 - Friday - Airtours, Thomas Cook - 24th May to 21st June, 19th July to 4th October
Enfidha - Nouvelair A320 - Friday - Airtours, Thomas Cook - 24th May to 21st June, 26th July to 27th September
Palma - Volotea B717 - Tuesday - Avro, Cosmos, Humberside Airport Travel, JetXtra, Low Cost Holidays, Monarch Holidays, Teleticket - 28th May to 17th September
Palma - Orbest A320 - Sunday - Airtours, Thomas Cook - 26th May to 23rd June, 21st July to 22nd September
Winter 2013-14
Once again no regular weekly charter flights were available from Humberside Airport during the winter season.
Summer 2014
After a Summer of growth in 2013, 2014 saw a small decline the charter offering available from Humberside. Thomas Cook dropped their Palma service, while jetXtra reduced the number of weeks their Alicante and Palma charters operated for and switched to smaller BA Cityflyer Embraer aircraft instead of a Volotea B717. Thomas Cook also switched from Freebird to Pegasus for their weekly Dalaman service.
Alicante - BA Cityflyer - Saturday - jetXtra, Low Cost Holidays - 24th May to 14th June, 26th July to 20th September
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Saturday - Balkan Holidays - 17th May to 27th September
Dalaman - Pegasus B737-800 - Monday - Airtours, Thomas Cook - 26th May to 23rd June, 21st July to 29th September
Enfidha - Nouvelair A320 - Friday - Airtours, Thomas Cook, 23rd May to 20th June, 18th July to 19th September
Palma - BA Cityflyer - Saturday - jetXtra, Low Cost Holidays - 26th July to 6th September
Winter 2014-15
No regular weekly charter flights operated again from Humberside Airport this winter, although at one stage a 6 week series of ski flights to Berne, Switzerland was on sale for January and February. Had the flights gone ahead they would have been operated by Intersky for Topski Swiss. jetXtra did organise a couple of Alicante flights over the Christmas/New Year period using BA Cityflyer.
Summer 2015
After consolidation in the UK tour operator market, two major groups have remained; Thomas Cook and TUI/Thomson. For Summer 2015, Humberside said goodbye to Thomas Cook but welcomed back Thomson, with a weekly Palma service operated by Germania, a new airline for Humberside. This was the first full season service from Humberside since 2011. The loss of Thomas Cook however did see Dalaman and Enfidha disappear from the Humberside destination list.
Alicante - BA Cityflyer Embraer 170 - Saturday - jetXtra/World Choice Air - 23rd May to 6th June, 25th July to 12th September
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Saturday - Balkan Holidays - 16th May to 26th September
Palma - Germania B737-700 - Tuesday - First Choice, Thomson - 5th May to 20th October
Palma - BA Cityflyer Embraer 190 - Saturday - jetXtra/World Choice Air - 25th July to 29th August
Winter 2015-16
Another winter with no regular weekly charter flights from Humberside Airport.
Summer 2016
Summer 2016 brought stability for the charter programme, with no changes from the previous Summer.
Alicante - BA Cityflyer - Saturday - jetXtra - 21st May, 28th May, 23rd July to 10th September
Bourgas - BH Air A320/A321 - Saturday - Balkan Holidays - 21st May to 17th September
Palma - Germania B737-700 - Tuesday - First Choice, Thomson - 3rd May to 25th October
Palma - BA Cityflyer - Saturday - jetXtra - 23rd July to 27th August
Winter 2016-17
For the first time since the 2008-09 winter charter season, Humberside had a regular weekly charter flight during the winter season, with First Choice and Thomson Holidays offering a Tenerife service, operated by Thomson Airways, who are making their return to Humberside on a regular weekly basis for the first time since Summer 2009.
Tenerife South - Thomson Airways B737-800 - Monday - First Choice, Thomson - 7th November to 24th April
Summer 2017
Summer 2017 maintained the same four regular weekly flights (supplemented as ever by special departures). Thomson Airways took over the weekly Thomson Palma charter from Germania, using a larger B737-800 leased from Canadian airline Sunwing.
Alicante - BA Cityflyer Embraer 170 - Saturday - jetXtra - 20th May, 27th May, 22nd July to 26th August
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Saturday - Balkan Holidays - 20th May to 23rd September
Palma - Thomson Airways (Sunwing) B737-800 - Tuesday - First Choice, Thomson - 2nd May to 24th October
Palma - BA Cityflyer Embraer 190 - Saturday - jetXtra - 22nd July to 26th August
Winter 2017-18
The weekly Tenerife South charter did not return for Winter 2017-18, leaving Humberside with no regular weekly charter flights again.
Summer 2018
For Summer 2018, the jetXtra Alicante and Palma services did not resume, leaving Humberside with just two regular weekly flights, plus the usual additional special departures.
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Saturday - Balkan Holidays - 19th May to 22nd September
Palma - TUI Airways B737-800 - Tuesday - First Choice, Marella Cruises, Thomson - 1st May to 23rd October
Winter 2018-19
No regular weekly charter flights were offered from Humberside Airport this winter.
Summer 2019
Summer 2019 saw Balkan Holidays double their Bourgas service to twice a week. Operation of the Palma service passed to Air Europa for most of the season.
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Thursday - Balkan Holidays - 23rd May to 12th September
Bourgas - BH Air A320 - Sunday - Balkan Holidays - 19th May to 22nd September
Palma - Air Europa B737-800 - Tuesday - TUI, First Choice, Marella Cruises - 7th May to 24th September
Palma - TUI Airways B737-800 - Tuesday - TUI, First Choice, Marella Cruises - 1st October to 22nd October
Winter 2019-20
No regular weekly charter flights were offered from Humberside Airport this winter.
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