Thomson

Tuesday 18 June 2013: Thomson Airways, the airline for Thomson and First Choice, has been named World’s Best Leisure Airline by air travellers from more than 160 countries.

Thomson Airways regrets to confirm, in the absence of a delivery schedule from Boeing, we have taken the decision to activate our contingency plans and switch customers booked on the 787 Dreamliner in May and June to alternative planes.

Thomson and First Choice to operate UK’s first direct flight to Phuket, Thailand

• 787 Dreamliner to fly from London Gatwick in November 2013
• Exclusive ‘concept’ hotels and unique modern holiday options for customers including ‘tour and stay’ programme

Thomson Airways has revealed its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be named ‘Living the Dream’ after it crowd-sourced suggestions via Twitter earlier this year. Nicola Thomson from Glasgow has named the revolutionary new aircraft. Judges were moved by the story behind her entry, which she dedicated to a year of celebrations for Great Britain and her own personal triumph recovering from neuro surgery.

Thomson reveals #nameourplane campaign, giving the public the chance to name the state-of-the-art aircraft and win a flight on board

Thomson Airways announced today that it will become the world’s first airline to give the public the chance to name one of its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners using Twitter.

Thomson and First Choice are pleased to announce that for Summer 2013 they will be doubling capacity at Norwich International Airport through the introduction of three brand new routes to Dalaman in Turkey, Enfidha in Tunisia and Tenerife - as well as the addition of another weekly flight for existing route Palma.

Thomson and First Choice are pleased to announce that in Summer 2013 they will be doubling capacity at Leeds Bradford Airport through the introduction of four brand new routes to Menorca, Ibiza, Rhodes, Tenerife and the addition of another weekly flight for existing Mallorca and Turkey routes. This follows the launch earlier this year of exclusive routes from Leeds Bradford to Sharm El Sheikh and Tunisia.

Thomson Airways is giving youngsters the chance to ‘check-in’ their teddies before jetting off on holiday, in a bid to reduce the number of cuddly companions lost in the UK’s airports.

Thomson Airways today, 24 April, welcomed the arrival of Boeing’s revolutionary 787 Dreamliner to Manchester Airport during the UK leg of Boeing’s Dream Tour, whilst celebrating a landmark itself - the 50^th anniversary of the airline.

Thomson Airways, the first UK airline to fly the 787 Dreamliner from May 2013, today welcomed the new aircraft into the UK as part of Boeing’s Dream Tour and unveiled the planned interior and new livery of its 787 aircraft.