Thomson 757-2G5(WL) G-OOBP | London Gatwick - Skiathos | Takeoff, Inflight & Landing

Onboard Thomson's Boeing 757-2G5(WL), G-OOBP for the 3 hour, 5 minute flight from London Gatwick airport to Skiathos Island airport in the Northern Sporades, Greece. Video includes takeoff, inflight and landing video.

Boarding commenced at around 06:00 and the flight was due to depart at 06:35, however a problem with slots at Skiathos meant that we had to be pushed back onto a remote stand for 40 minutes (was originally going to be an hour), whilst we waited for our allocated slot to become available. Once underway we taxied out to Gatwick's runway 08R where we were faced with yet another delay, this time due to a large queue of aircraft waiting to depart. After around 20 minutes of holding short, we lined up and immediately commenced our takeoff roll. After departure we headed out towards Brussels and from there we made our way southeast towards Croatia, then onwards towards Northern Greece before turning more south, descending and making a visual approach to Skiathos' runway 02 via Skopelos. After landing we backtracked and parked next to a Thomas Cook Scandinavia A321 which was preparing for departure to Oslo.

Unfortunately, the inflight section of this video is little more than cloudy skies for the most part. Most of Europe was covered in layers of stratus cloud which meant the view from the plane wasn't that interesting. This was unfortunately the problem on the way back too.

All in all, albeit with delays (which cannot be blamed on Thomson), the flight was very nice. The crew were, as always, well presented, friendly and more than helpful, always going out of their way to make the flight more enjoyable.

Flight No.: TOM4242
Aircraft: Boeing 757-2G5(WL)
Reg.: G-OOBP
Seat: 13A
Scheduled Departure Time: 06:35 BST
Actual Departure Time: 07:31 BST
Scheduled Arrival Time: 10:00 BST
Actual Arrival Time: 10:36 BST
Flight Duration: 3 hours 05 minutes
Cruising Altitude: 36,000ft
Route: London Gatwick LGW - Skiathos Island JSI
Departure Runway: 08R
Arrival Runway: 02