All TUI UK articles – Page 2

  • TUI 737 Max 10
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    TUI rejigs 737 Max deliveries as part of compensation deal

    2020-06-03T20:53:00Z

    Leisure giant TUI Group is has rejigged Boeing 737 Max deliveries to reduce the intake over the next few years, under a broad agreement with the airframer to compensate for the type’s grounding. TUI Group says it has revised the delivery schedule for the 61 Max jets on order, postponing ...

  • TUI Travel scimitar 737
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    TUI seeks state guarantees as travel market collapses

    2020-03-16T09:25:00Z

    Leisure group TUI is applying for state-aid guarantees to support its business until it can restore normal operations, after suspending most of its travel operations. TUI says it is halting the “vast majority” of its package travel, cruise and hotel activities to assist with the efforts to counter the coronavirus ...

  • A4E CEOs
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    TUI joins airline industry group A4E as sustainability shoots up the agenda

    2020-01-29T12:58:00Z

    TUI’s move to join the Airlines for Europe (A4E) industry association at the end of 2019 came after the leisure giant decided to seek a louder lobbying voice on pressing issues such as sustainability and taxation.

  • News

    TUI Airways chief confident of package-holiday opportunity

    2019-10-18T15:58:30Z

    TUI Airways managing director Dawn Wilson believes there remains plenty of life in package holidays and sees an opportunity for the company's business in that area to expand following the demise of travel rival Thomas Cook Group in September.

  • News

    Birmingham aims to regain transatlantic flights by 2020

    2018-09-17T09:40:13Z

    ​Birmingham airport may have to wait until 2020 to regain transatlantic services after Primera cancelled its services to Newark, Boston and Toronto from the UK gateway this summer.

  • Leisure map
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: How airlines alter tourist capacity after terror events

    2017-09-04T10:30:08Z

    The terror incidents in and around Barcelona in mid-August left another of the region's destinations reeling from attacks targeted at locations popular with tourists.

  • May Brexit
    Analysis

    ​ANALYSIS: Risk of Brexit pratfalls if ECAA deal not reached

    2017-01-31T11:11:30Z

    As the UK nears the triggering of Article 50, beginning the two-year notice period for its exit from the European Union, a group of aviation legal professionals has outlined the potential negative consequences for airlines and the wider industry of the country leaving the European Common Aviation Area.

  • Eur Med routes graph
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Europe's leisure carriers fight over tight market

    2016-09-02T14:39:38Z

    Leisure carriers in Europe have not been short of challenges over the past 12 months. Already adjusting to falls in demand to North African destinations, further tourism hotspots have been hit by damaging geopolitical events. On top of that, the Brussels and Istanbul airport terror attacks highlighted the vulnerability of ...

  • News

    Thomson to add more routes from UK regions

    2016-04-21T14:51:31Z

    Thomson Airways will add new routes to Cape Verdean island Sal and to Jamaica from Glasgow airport next summer.

  • Egypt Apr-15/16 traffic by region
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Airlines still cautious on return to Egypt

    2016-04-01T10:43:53Z

    Though the hijacking of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 on 29 March appears not to have been a terrorism-related incident, it can only intensify concerns about Egyptian airport security – five months after the MetroJet A321 crash – and the challenges in rebuilding the North African nation's reputation as a tourist ...

  • North African markets 2010 v 15
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: North Africa sees uneven recovery post-Arab Spring

    2015-05-20T09:05:00Z

    The wave of popular protests that swept through North Africa in 2010 and 2011, collectively becoming known as the "Arab Spring", was initially welcomed by many as a positive move towards democracy.

  • News

    TUI rejigs 787 order

    2015-05-13T14:57:23Z

    TUI is switching two Boeing 787-8 orders to the larger -9 variant and will acquire up to two additional -9s to satisfy increased demand.

  • Thomson duo seat
    News

    Thomson explores new seating concepts for 737 Max

    2014-10-09T15:31:00Z

    UK holiday carrier Thomson Airways believes it can capitalise on an ancillary approach to new seating concepts for its Boeing 737 Max fleet.

  • Thomson 787
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    ​Thomson to benefit from TUI's upped 787 order

    2014-10-08T11:42:09Z

    Holiday group TUI Travel intends to boost to 10 the number of Boeing 787s it has allocated to UK arm Thomson Airways, having raised its overall Dreamliner order by two to 15.

  • Air India 787
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    Air India 787 grounded for engine inspection, repair

    2014-08-21T22:02:21Z

    An Air India Boeing 787-8 is grounded through at least 23 August while GE Aviation inspects a potential fault in the accessory gearbox of both GEnx-1B engines installed on the aircraft, the engine maker says.

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    Monarch's MRO arm to support Norwegian 787s at Gatwick

    2014-02-10T17:19:58Z

    Monarch Aircraft Engineering is to maintain Norwegian’s Boeing 787s under the airframer’s GoldCare aftermarket support programme.