Family booths and kids clubs coming to Thomson flights
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Thomson Airways will use its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners and a fresh order of B737 MAXs to bring a more family-focused flying experience, it announced this week.
Family booths with seating around a table for four to six people will be placed at the back of the new B737 MAX aircraft, while an onboard kids club will also be introduced to keep children entertained on flights.
Couples will have the option to sit in pod-style seats that have a table for champagne, in-seat charging and mood lighting and all those on short and medium-haul flights will be able to speak to the ‘HolidayMaker’ for information on what to do in-resort.
Destination information and inspiration will also form part of the new in-flight entertainment, which will also have a bedtime story channel and content for teenagers.
The announcements came after the airline confirmed it will have another two Dreamliners and 47 new Boeing 737 MAX by 2020, bringing its average fleet age to five years.
The new Dreamliners will be used on a new direct route to Costa Rica from November 2015, with the other potentially going to St Lucia, Antigua, Bonaire, Curacao, Vietnam or Malaysia.
The B737 MAX aircraft with the designs mentioned previously will be used on short and medium-haul services.
TUI UK & Ireland’s managing director David Burling said the changes would help people to see the airline as a scheduled carrier and ‘holiday airline’.
“Our airline business has traditionally been categorised in the charter sector which is often perceived as the poor relation to scheduled and, in reality, bears little resemblance to the Thomson Airways experience today. Our overall goal is to make travel experiences special and, as the flight marks both the start and end of the holiday, we see it as an integral part of the whole holiday experience,” he explained.
“That is why we want to want to define and lead a new category of flying – the holiday airline category. This describes an airline designed for the specific needs of the holiday maker and fully connected to the holiday experience in the destination.”
See more in the video below about the new offering.
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