Cardiff: TUi Airways Flights, New Routes & Base Updates

[MJC73]

CWL Deals page from Facey are stating Crete will twice weekly in 2025. New news?

 

[Jerry]

Looks like Heraklion will be 2 weekly in 2025 with an extra flight on Thursdays

And that'll be extended in October as well

 

[Jerry]

Winter 2024/25 now looks like this
Sharm el Sheikh 1 weekly
Lanzarote 2 weekly
Malaga 1 weekly
Alicante 2 weekly
Gran Canaria 1 weekly
Tenerife South 3 weekly
Enfidha 1 weekly (from 7/2/25)
Paphos 1 weekly (from 26/2/25)
Palma de Mallorca 1 weekly (in April 2025)
Only 1 Barbados departure on 23/3/25
So TUI will offer at least 10 weekly departures rising to 13 in April.

It now looks like this
Winter 2024/25 now looks like this
Tenerife South 3 weekly
Lanzarote 2 weekly
Alicante 2 weekly
Malaga 1 weekly
Gran Canaria 1 weekly
Chambery (New Route) 1 weekly Saturday (from 21/12/24) (Away based aircraft)
Enfidha 1 weekly (from 7/3/25)
Paphos 1 weekly (from 26/2/25)
Palma de Mallorca 1 weekly (in April 2025)( Away based aircraft)
Only 1 Barbados departure on 23/3/25
So TUI will offer at least 9 weekly departures rising to 12 in March.

 

[Jerry]

Avion Express that'll operate on behalf of TUI this summer has arrived from Vilnius
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[Jerry]

TUI go to 3 based aircraft today

 

[Samdorob]

Portugal now appears as an option from Cardiff on the TUI website however it doesn’t return any results at the moment. Same goes for the other FR destinations.

 

[Jerry]

Portugal now appears as an option from Cardiff on the TUI website however it doesn’t return any results at the moment. Same goes for the other FR destinations.

It was like that before and then went away, hopefully we'll see some actual packages.

 

[Samdorob]

Apparently TUI will be flying to Cancun from CWL in March/April 2026 - according to a TUI Facebook post that was shared on the CWL group.

 

[Jerry]

Apparently TUI will be flying to Cancun from CWL in March/April 2026 - according to a TUI Facebook post that was shared on the CWL group.

I've seen that posted as well definitely would be good news if it turns out to be true. It looks like its part of winter 2025/26 release on 18th July.

Mynt Travel Facebook page
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[Samdorob]

I've seen that posted as well definitely would be good news if it turns out to be true. It looks like it’s part of winter 2025/26 release on 18th July.

Hopefully some frequency increase on existing winter routes too 🤞

 

[Jerry]

Hopefully some frequency increase on existing winter routes too 🤞

Fingers crossed 🤞

 

[geoff]

Great news, a boost for CWL.

 

[Jerry]

Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself but it would also be great if in 2026 we saw a 2nd based aircraft in April and a 4th from May!

 

[Jerry]

More confirmation of the Cancun flights. It's a pity Kittila isn't included as well
"A limited run of fortnightly flights from Newcastle and Cardiff to Cancun will operate in March and April 2026, while for winter 2025, a flight from Newcastle to Kittila in Lapland will also operate."

Tui to put winter 2025/26 on sale this week with more regional flights

Tui follows the trend for early programme launches with the release of winter 2025/26 holidays, expanding its range of flights from Newcastle and Cardiff

www.ttgmedia.com

 

[Jerry]

TUI Winter 2025/26 will be 9 weekly departures and 5 destinations between November and February increasing to 12 weekly departures and 7 destinations by April
Lanzarote 2 weekly Sunday & Thursday
Malaga 1 weekly Monday
Alicante 2 weekly Tuesday & Saturday
Gran Canaris 1 weekly Saturday
Tenerife 3 weekly Monday, Tuesday & Friday
Palma de Mallorca 1 weekly Tuesday (from 31/3/26, 2 weekly from 21/4/26)
Enfidha 1 weekly Friday (from 6/2/26)
Paphos 1 weekly Wednesday (from 25/2/26)
Barbados 5/2/26 & 22/3/26
Cancun 23/3/26 & 6/4/26

 

[geoff]

Malaga will see a big drop in passengers with TUI at one flight a week, and no Vueling and Ryanair as yet, nice to see Cancun there , even if its only two flights.

 

[MJC73]

I am looking to book summer 25 with TUI.

I noticed the Thurs 0600 Dubrovnik flight has moved to 1415 and the slot has been filled with the second Heraklion departure of the week.

 

[MJC73]

Not Cardiff but Bristol. The TUI flight to Naples has been pulled.

 

[Samdorob]

Tui will be offering Chambery as a destination this winter with direct flights. I’m not sure how many yet, but the 21st and 28th of December 2024 show as direct flights.

Example search: https://www.crystalski.co.uk/ski-holidays/packages?airports[]=CWL&units[]=&when=20-12-2024&until=&choiceSearch=false&flexibility=true&monthSearch=false&flexibleDays=1&flexibleMonths=&noOfAdults=2&noOfChildren=0&childrenAge=&duration=7115&searchRequestType=ins&searchType=SKI&sp=true&multiSelect=true&room=&isVilla=false&reqType=SKI&sortBy=

Edit:
Looks like a weekly Sunday flights from 21/12/2024 to the 15/03/2025 - if I’ve read that correctly.

 

[MJC73]

Brilliant news. Great skiing there.

Also on the Crystal website it shows links to Canada with KLM.