TUI Air “Skiathos” Boeing 737 MAX 8 (G-TUMH) made its first flight on 19 March 2019 with registration N1786B with call sign “BOEING-867”, from the assembly line factory Renton (RNT) to Boeing Field (BFI).

On 1 April 2019 one more test flight was performed locally at Boeing Field (BFI) using once more call sign “BOEING-867”. Since then was parked at Boeing Field (BFI) waiting for the delivery flight.

Finally the airplane was delivered to TUI Air on 12 March 2021. Flew from Boeing factory in Seattle, nonstop to London Gatwick, as TOM-943P.

On 4 June 2021 was transferred from London Gatwick to Manchester in order to perform its first revenue flight. The first revenue flight was on 14 June 2021 from Manchester to Corfu as TOM-2120.

On 10 August 2021 G-TUMH with name “Skiathos” arrived at Skiathos airport as TOM-2200 from Manchester.

Skiathoslandings.com was present and with help of Fraport Greece and Hellenic civil Aviation Authority (Air Traffic Control) we all welcomed the airplane to our island!

Total four Boeing 737-8 Max are carrying Greek Island name. Those are:
G-TUMS Rhodos
G-TUMT Chania
G-TUMG Samos
G-TUMH Skiathos

Aircraft details
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737 MAX 8
Serial Number/Line Number: 44602/7439
Engines: 2x CFMI LEAP-1B
HEX: 407739
Configuration: 189 passengers single economy
Aircraft name: Skiathos

It was Transavia HV-1861 arrived from Amsterdam with Boeing 737-800 (PH-HSJ) and departed as HV-1861 back to Amsterdam via Mitilini.

Of course if we compare this late date of first flight with last year, 2020, with no flights from Netherlands at all, we may consider it as a positive result!

Rolling back the years we are publishing two photos of the “season start” on 2008. It was Monday 28 April 2008 with two flights from Amsterdam.

The first was Arkefly and the second was Transavia, both with Boeing 737-800.

Even during recent years Arkefly used to open the season… Here is another video of 2019 with an Arkefly/TUI Netherlands Boeing 737-800 opening the season.

TUS Airways fleet renewal completed with the replacement of old Fokker 70/100 aircraft by Airbus A320.
The renewal was announced on 2019 but due Boeing 737Max grounding and next year due COVID-19 plans delayed.

The first flight was merged with Cyprus Airways flight, depicts the situation during the second summer season by COVID-19.

TUS Airways Larnaca flight operated every Monday and Friday
Cyprus Airways flight is every Monday and Wednesday

We will expect to see more merged flights between the two carries on that route since load figures are looking very low.

It was British Airways / City Flyer CFE-2225 from London-City with Embraer 190SR (G-LCYL), arrived at 14:12 and departed at 15:04.

During the first summer after COVID-19 pandemic, summer of 2020, the first flight from U.K. arrived on 15 July 2020 by Jet2.com (video of that flight HERE)

The difference of 6 days between the two seasons is not a good number at all….

The aircraft is registered as SX-ELV (shortcut of word “eleven”) and delivered to Sky Express on 1 July 2021 using for flight number the serial number, SN-1643 (ex F-WWEL) Toulouse-Athens.

It is the first time an ATR72-600 series is registered in Greece.

The first revenue flight of the aircraft was GQ-354 Athens-Santorini on 2 July 2021.

Skiathos visit on 3 July 2021 on scheduled flight GQ-430/431 was the 4th flight of the aircraft.

Greek consumers can now book a summer getaway to Italy or Ireland, flying on the lowest fares and with the option to avail of Ryanair’s zero change fee should plans change.

To celebrate, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares available from just €24.99 for travel until the end of October 2021, which must be booked by midnight Sunday, 21st March on the Ryanair.com website.

Mindful that Covid restrictions change regularly, customers can now book flights for a well-deserved break knowing that if they need to postpone or change their travel dates, they can do so up to two times with a zero change fee until the end of October 2021.

The timetable or the new service from Pisa at Skiathos will be (local times):
FR-1487 Pisa-Skiathos 13:40 – 14:05 Skiathos-Pisa FR-1488 B738 every WED eff 06JUN till 25AUG (total 12 flights)
FR-1487 Pisa-Skiathos 14:15 – 14:40 Skiathos-Pisa FR-1488 B738 every WED eff 07JUL till 25AUG (total 8 flights)
Total Flights for season 2021: 20
Total seat offered: 3.780

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  Every information for flights schedules is subject to COVID-19 situation and may change in the next minute.