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A TUI UK 787-8 in Helsinki (Photo: Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)])
[ Featured ]January 15, 2021 8:26 am ET
By John Flett
U.K. Vaccine Rollout Provides Summer Optimism for TUI
TUI Group, owners of TUI Airways, has reported an increase in advance bookings for package holidays from the over-50's demographic in the U.K. This confidence is being linked by TUI management to increased customer confidence as the Covid-19 vaccine rolls out across the U.K. City A.M. quotes TUI's operations manager in the U.K. Andrew Flintham advising that, "Since the end of last year, bookings from this group (over 50's) have accounted for 50% of all our web bookings, as customers…
[ Featured ]January 9, 2021 6:29 am ET
By Arturo Higueras
New U.K. Restrictions Force Airlines to Reschedule and Cancel Flights
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last Monday that his country was entering a new lockdown this week. Forced by the dramatic health situation due to the new COVID-19 strain, the British government ordered its citizens to stay at home unless very exceptional circumstances required. This situation will last, at…
[ Featured ]August 3, 2020 7:00 am ET
By Bulent Imat
German Holiday Companies Condor and TUIfly Mull Merger
There are reportedly plans for the formation of a joint venture between Condor and TUI fly Deutschland, according to local outlet Boersenzeitung, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. According to the report, the driving force for the merger of the two state-supported carriers comes from local and national politicians. Condor…
[ Featured ]July 28, 2020 6:30 am ET
By Ian McMurtry
Holiday Airlines Drop Spain After U.K.'s New COVID-19 Rules
Jet2 has followed the recent surge in coronavirus cases by removing the Iberian Peninsula from its route map for the time being. This comes after the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that only essential travelers should take the journey to Spain as the country fights yet another spike…
[ Featured ]April 28, 2019 9:31 pm ET
By Connor Sadler
Jamaica Sees Big Increase in Summer Flights
The Caribbean island of Jamaica is set to welcome more travellers this summer as 8.4 percent more air seats are bound for the destination, over 1.4 million in total. United States Jamaica's primary source market — the United States — has been the source of the most growth with over…
[ Featured ]March 12, 2019 12:02 pm ET
By Jack Dawin
Europe Reacts to the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8…
Following the devastating crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 on Sunday, multiple airlines and aviation authorities have announced groundings of and restrictions to the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Here, we round up which airlines have taken the decision to voluntarily ground its fleets and which authorities have taken action into…
[ Featured ]January 30, 2018 8:35 pm ET
By Andy Nelson
Travel Giant TUI Takes Delivery of First Boeing 737 MAX…
TUI, the world's largest tourism company, took delivery of its first 737 MAX 8 earlier this week. The aircraft, registered as OO-MAX, landed in Brussels at 11:02 CET after a flight of just under ten hours from Seattle. It's the first of nine 737 MAX 8 variants that will be…