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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 7:13 am
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Originally Posted by badatz
Thomson also tried to do a one hour turnaround on the flights from London and Manchester, and never managed it. You cannot turn around a plane in an hour at TLV. It takes about 20-30 minutes just to empty the plane, and what about cleaning and reloading?

The fact that Thomson was late on practically every flight caused a lot of ill will especially from the people waiting in England to pick up the passengers, considering the flights were scheduled for 10 and 11 PM arrivals
There is a major difference between the 737 (Thompson) and A320 (Easyjet) in terms of clearing and loading luggage. On the A320 it should take 5 minutes to unload and another 5 to load.

The problem with TLV is security check every plane has to go though once cleared of pax and luggage and before loading. It is still possible within 50 minutes.
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