TUI AG (LON: TUI) have announced plans for Summer 2020, these include expanding new routes whilst airport capacity has also increased in Glasgow and Manchester of note
Additionally, extra services and destinations have been added to a number of UK airports.
An extra 194,000 seats have been posed increasing Birmingham Airport’s capacity for TUI customers.
Flights from Glasgow airport have also been announced from 2020.
TUI have expanded their services to more destinations in Spain and Turkey, supplemeting the addition of long haul flights.
New flights from Glasgow Airport have gone on sale today with Bodrum Flights operating on Mondays and Fuerteventura on Sundays.
TUI expanded the length for inclusive holidays, by now offering 10 or 11 day packages to eight destinations including Orlando, Antalya and Zakynthos.
TUI’s Director of Aviation Planning, Karen Switzer said: “Earlier this month TUI announced an additional two million seats to many holiday destination favourites and today the majority of these seats go on sale for summer 2020.
Switzer added “We are delighted that our new additions launched today provide holidaymakers departing from our regional airports with even more choice when deciding where to go next summer on holiday. The customer is at the heart of everything we do and this additional growth to some of our customer’s favourite holiday hotspots demonstrates our continued commitment for people to discover their smile with us”.
TUI have been quick to respond after the demise of Thomas Cook, only a few weeks ago (LON: TCP). This move looks to fill the void made by Thomas Cook in oder to establish market dominance.
Airport management boards seem to be excited by this expansion, as this will create business and drum up footfall.
Paul White, Head of Aviation at Glasgow Airport, said: “TUI’s announcement today is fantastic news for Glasgow Airport and is to be commended. Given the events of recent weeks, there was clearly a need to meet the huge demand out there for some of our most popular destinations.TUI has stepped in with the introduction of a phenomenal number of seats and even more choice to a wide range of destinations, which will be welcome news for our passengers planning their 2020 holidays.”
Julian Carr, aviation director at Manchester Airport, said: “We’re delighted that TUI is expanding its operation here from Manchester for summer 2020. By adding more frequencies to lots of its popular destinations, our passengers will have even more choice when it comes to booking their holidays for next year.”
Shares of TUI are trading at 1,008p per share following a 5.44% fall during Tuesday trading. 22/10/19 14:19BST.