Thomson Airways gives you the chance to name its first 787 Dreamliner – #nameourplane
Here at Thomson we are incredibly excited about the delivery of our brand new 787 Dreamliners next year. To help share this enthusiasm we’ve decided to let you choose what the first Dreamliner will be named via Twitter using the #nameourplane.
You can name it after yourself, your partner, your child or relative or you can think up an original name you think is cool – you just need to give us a good reason why it should be you that gets to name our plane.
To let the whole world know about our competition we’ve added #nameourplane onto the side of one of our 737 aircrafts, so keep your eyes peeled for that plane as it’s going to be flying to and from your favourite holiday destinations all summer.
All entries to the competition need to be made on Twitter, and those that spot the plane should enter by tweeting an image or the location of where they spotted our hashtag along with their reasons why they should get to name the new 787 Dreamliner. Those who don’t get a glimpse of the hashtagged 737 can still tweet their suggested name.
Entrants will need to have a think about what they say as they’ll have just 140 characters (including the hashtag) to make their case. Remember those that include any original twitpics of the tagged plane will be given special consideration, so keep your eyes peeled!
The competition runs from 23 July – 30 September, so there’ll be plenty of opportunities to spot the plane and think of why you should be the person to name it. We’ll pick out our top ten entries and then our panel of judges including: Chris Browne, Managing Director of Thomson Airways, Captain Stuart Gruber, Thomson Airways’s Head of Training and the 787 test pilot and Todd Nelp, Vice President of Sales for Europe for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Not only will the winner get their chosen name on the side of our first 787 Dreamliner there’ll also get the chance to unveil the name and fly on one of the plane’s first flights.
Keep up to date on the developments of the competition on our Twitter feed @thomsonholidays
the gold bird
Hi there,
Myself and my partner are booked on the Dreamliner in may 2013, when do we get told by Thomson if we will be flying the Dreamliner or not as we have booked extra leg room seats for a reason. If We get moved to another airport for any reason we would need to know all this information as we also have on site parking booked at Manchester
Hi Caroline, At the moment we’ve yet to have further details from Boeing regarding our delivery date. As soon as we have this information, if any changes are made to your booking, you’d be contacted as soon as possible.
My mum workd for Thomson (FCA) at BHX and we want you to call it Above All Others
Call the aircraft Beauty of the Skies!
Hi Sam, That’s a very good suggestion of a name for our Dreamliner. Unfortunately the competition is now closed, and a name has been chosen. Our first Dreamliner will be called ‘Living The Dream’
Good Name
My wife and i are flying to Cancun end of may this year if the 787 is not available will we still get the 767 .We have upgraded to premium seats so would we get a refund as the 787 seats are a lot more expensive .Thank for the help on this i am sure other travellers would like to know as-well.
Hi Paul, Thanks for your message. We understand your concerns regarding the 787 Dreamliner. The latest information is we’ve currently not received any new communication from Boeing regarding changes to our scheduled delivery dates. At this time we’re still working towards flying our first Dreamliner on the 1st of May. If it were, that there would be a programme change then our team would be in contact with you to discuss these changes and give you some options in regards to your premium seats. I hope that helps.
Thanks for your very prompt reply,my wife and i have decided to change our holiday to cuba where we have been before 3times .The other thing was we have saved ourselves nearly £1800 .If the Dreamliner is coing to cuba in 2014 we will go on it then or it may be 2015 we will have to see,thanks once again for your response.
You’re welcome Paul. If there’s anything else we can help you with, feel free to come back to us on our blog. I hope you have a fantastic holiday in Cuba.
I am also flying to Florida at the beginning of May…..I am now worried about the safety issues of the Dreamliner……what is Thomsons back up plan???
Hi Kim, I’m sorry to hear you feel this way, I can understand your concerns. Thomson Airways has not received any communication from Boeing regarding changes to our scheduled delivery dates. At this current time we are still working towards flying our first commercial Dreamliner on the 1 May 2013.
flying to florida in june, not a good flyer at the best of times and now all the problems with the dreamliner… are they safe to use? and what happens if all the planes get grounded do i lose out on my holiday?
Hi Sarah, I understand your concerns and want to reassure you that the safety of our customers travelling on our aircraft is our number one priority at all times. We’ve been assured by Boeing that they’re currently taking action to rectify the issues that have been highlighted to them, and they’ve also continued to support us with taking delivery of our first Dreamliner on time. If you do wish to ammend your booking normal terms and conditions would apply.
dreamresort
why don’t you call it air resort
Call it Dream beauty