Ha, I should have put money on it! That’s really good news.
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I think Sean has got the year wrong though.
Yeah. 1 month to go is short notice even for the bigger airports!
It looks like it’ll be a Saturday, unless some schedules change it’s looking more likely we’ll see a second aircraft based in the winter. Haven’t seen the times yet mind.
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It will be a two aircraft base for Winter 25/26 now, which is excellent news !
TUI have built a great brand and offering from CWL in recent years, and continue to build. One positive from Jet2 staying away is that it gives TUI the freedom of operating without waging a war on prices for passengers (So I would of course argue there remains a significant space still for them to grow into, for both Summer and Winter).
TUI have built a great brand and offering from CWL in recent years, and continue to build. One positive from Jet2 staying away is that it gives TUI the freedom of operating without waging a war on prices for passengers (So I would of course argue there remains a significant space still for them to grow into, for both Summer and Winter).
With the announcement today that LPA will have two weekly flights and FUE launching, both extending into summer 2026, it looks like LPA has been moved to a Monday and Thursday, freeing up space for FUE on Saturday. It means there's a clash on a Monday and Thursday afternoon. On both days there's an AYT flight, so I wouldn't be surprised if they go to a W pattern or non-based carrier like the Friday flight.
On the basis of FUE starting it will mean 50 flights per week with 5 W pattern or non-based carrier flights as the Wednesday PMI flight goes to W pattern.
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Third lot of good news for CWL in a week, well done TUI and the airport management.
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Update 28/11/24
This is what Summer 2026 for TUI looks like at the moment
50 weekly departures, 5 of which are non based. This is an increase of 3 weekly departures on Summer 2025 with Mallorca going from 6 to 7 weekly with the addition of a flight on Wednesdays, Gran Canaria going 2 weekly and Fuerteventura 1 weekly carrying on from the winter.
Palma de Mallorca 7 weekly (2 non based)
Tenerife South 3 weekly
Dalaman 3 weekly
Antalya 3 weekly (1 non based other carrier)
Enfidha 2 weekly
Menorca 2 weekly
Ibiza 2 weekly
Alicante 2 weekly
Malaga 2 weekly
Lanzarote 2 weekly
Corfu 2 weekly (1 based, 1 non based)
Larnaca 2 weekly
Paphos 2 weekly
Bourgas 2 weekly
Heraklion 2 weekly
Kos 2 weekly
Rhodes 2 weekly
Zante 2 weekly
Gran Canaria 2 weekly
Dubrovnik 1 weekly (non based)
Kefalonia 1 weekly
Reus 1 weekly
Fuerteventura 1 weekly
This is what the schedule looks like at the moment. I'd expect that some Antalya or Dalaman flights may be shifted to away based aircraft and there is a slot on Saturday afternoons where Gran Canaria possibly for Fuerteventura maybe.
Monday
06.00 Enfidha
06.00 Dalaman
06.35 Menorca
13.45 Tenerife
14.45 Gran Canaria
14.45 Antalya
15.10 Corfu (non based)
16.55 Bourgas
Tuesday
06.00 Alicante
06.00 Reus
06.15 Palma de Mallorca
13.05 Kefalonia
13.25 Tenerife
14.30 Zante
22.40 Palma de Mallorca
Wednesday
06.00 Kos
06.00 Malaga
06.35 Ibiza
13.40 Paphos
14.00 Rhodes
14.15 Palma de Mallorca (non based)
16.35 Dalaman
Thursday
06.00 Bourgas
06.00 Heraklion
06.00 Lanzarote
13.45 Palma de Mallorca (non based)
14.15 Dubrovnik (non based)
16.00 Larnaca
16.00 Gran Canaria
16.00 Antalya
16.45 Dalaman
Friday
06.00 Menorca
06.25 Palma de Mallorca
06.45 Enfidha
09.30 Antalya (non based other carrier)
13.20 Corfu
13.30 Zante
15.20 Tenerife
Saturday
06.05 Ibiza
06.45 Alicante
07.35 Palma de Mallorca
13.15 Kos
13.45 Rhodes
13.55 Fuerteventura
Sunday
06.00 Lanzarote
06.25 Malaga
07.05 Palma de Mallorca
13.50 Larnaca
14.15 Heraklion
15.55 Paphos
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Cheers for that. It’s really good to see some days with 9 TUI departures. A really good boost and hopefully it will lead to a 4th based aircraft.
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I would be quite surprised if 2027 didn't see a 4th based aircraft and there's still the possibility of 2026. Looking at the schedule its quite probable that CWL will have 3 based aircraft and up to 7 non based flights. Those 7 non based are potentially half of a based aircraft schedule.
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Update 12/12/2024
This is what the TUI schedule for winter 2025/26 looks like at the moment
Monday
09.00 Gran Canaria
10.45 Tenerife
Tuesday
06.00 Palma de Mallorca (from 6/4/26)
06.50 Alicante
08.00 Tenerife (shifts to 13.25 from 31/3/26)
Wednesday
11.10 Paphos (from 25/2/26)
Thursday
09.00 Gran Canaria (from 18/12/25)
10.30 Lanzarote
Friday
06.45 Enfidha (from 6/3/26)
10.45 Tenerife
Saturday
06.15 Alicante
10.00 Fuerteventura (from 20/12/25)
16.00 Chambery (from 20/12/25-7/3/26)
Sunday
07.00 Malaga
09.00 Tenerife (from 21/12/25)
14.55 Lanzarote
5/2/2026
12.55 Barbados
22/3/2026
12.20 Barbados
23/3/2026
10.25 Cancun
6/4/2026
10.30 Cancun
TUI will operate at least 9 weekly departures up to 15 weekly departures in April 2026 with 2 based aircraft.
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To note that the first flight out to Fuerteventura on 20/12 departs CWL at 13:30. I've booked to be on that first flight. The 10:00 departures start from 27/12. Schedules can change between now and then though but they are good flight times nevertheless.
For the record the holiday from CWL was cheaper than from BRS staying at the same hotel.
geoff
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Third Barbados flight in 8 days departing CWL today, certainly a big help for the airports figures.
Unfortunately not a passenger flight for Cardiff ,may have passengers on it from Gatwick but not from Cardiff. This is due to the fact that the flight in yesterday did not have luggage containers put on due to hight winds at Gatwick , so luggage was left behind, this flight is in to collect the luggage .
But there may be some interesting news around June or July that’s all I can say unfortunately
But there may be some interesting news around June or July that’s all I can say unfortunately
Cancun was announced in July last year, more TUI long haul to come?Unfortunately not a passenger flight for Cardiff ,may have passengers on it from Gatwick but not from Cardiff. This is due to the fact that the flight in yesterday did not have luggage containers put on due to hight winds at Gatwick , so luggage was left behind, this flight is in to collect the luggage .
But there may be some interesting news around June or July that’s all I can say unfortunately
Hope it’s reunited with those passengers as soon as possible.Unfortunately not a passenger flight for Cardiff ,may have passengers on it from Gatwick but not from Cardiff. This is due to the fact that the flight in yesterday did not have luggage containers put on due to hight winds at Gatwick , so luggage was left behind, this flight is in to collect the luggage .
But there may be some interesting news around June or July that’s all I can say unfortunately
Regarding June or July, very exciting. TUI related I assume?
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