TUi Airways

[Jerry]

The first Caribbean cruise departure of the winter is tomorrow to Barbados, it's TUI operating on behalf of P&O Cruises. G-TUII a 787-8 is currently on it's way from Phuket in Thailand to operate the tomorrows flight. It's currently over the Bulgarian coast.

 

[CWL94]

TUI S24 out this morning; only change is NBE goes from 1 to 2x weekly

 

[Jerry]

TUI S24 out this morning; only change is NBE goes from 1 to 2x weekly

It also means that Cardiff has 4 morning departures on Monday. Corfu, Menorca and Dalaman as well as Enfidha are also morning departures.

 

[geoff]

The Monday Enfidha flight must be operated by an away based aircraft then, unless there is more to come,we can live in hope.

 

[Jerry]

The Monday Enfidha flight must be operated by an away based aircraft then, unless there is more to come,we can live in hope.

No the departure is at 6 am. Being a bit cynical here but i wouldn't be surprised if eventually Enfidha gets cut back too 1 weekly especially now that the route is operated out of Bristol. Guess only time will tell.

 

[CWL94]

Or AYT/DLM gets moved to an away based aircraft

 

[Severn]

TUI at CWL - Summer 2023

TUI have updated their schedules for summer 2023 and they now look somewhat complete.

There will be 3x based aircraft operating 44x departures per week from CWL in peak summer 2023 which is the same as in 2022. In fact, the routes and frequencies remain the same as 2022 and all flights are operated by TUI (so no external operators).

The only difference is that in 2022, on a Monday, a CWL based aircraft operated CWL-CFU-EXT-CFU-CWL (which took all day) and an ABZ based aircraft operated ABZ-DLM-CWL-DLM-ABZ.

In 2023, a BRS aircraft will now operate BRS-CFU-EXT-CFU-BRS, leaving CWL based aircraft to operate to CFU and DLM (and the ABZ aircraft now operates ABZ-DLM-GLA-DLM-ABZ). Although it doesn't increase the number of flights from CWL, at least all flights are operated by CWL based aircraft meaning less disruption to the schedule.

 

[Jerry]

TUI Stats October 2022
Dubrovnik 1112
Larnaca 1634
Paphos 2868
Corfu 888
Kos 1667
Rhodes 2860
Alicante 2857
Ibiza 480
Mahon 939
Malaga 1998
Palma de Mallorca 4081
Arrecife 3261
Las Palmas 1825
Tenerife 4882
Antalya 1235
Dalaman 2669
Enfidha 1224
Total 36,480

 

[Jerry]

So this is what Summer 2023 schedule for TUI looks like at the moment updated 1/2/23
Monday
06.00 Dalaman
06.25 Corfu
06.55 Menorca
13.45 Tenerife
15.20 Antalya
16.55 Bourgas
Tuesday
06.00 Palma de Mallorca
06.00 Alicante
06.00 Reus
13.05 Kefalonia
13.25 Tenerife
14.30 Zante
22.40 Palma de Mallorca
Wednesday
06.00 Malaga
06.00 Kos
06.35 Ibiza
14.00 Rhodes
14.15 Paphos
16.25 Dalaman
Thursday
06.00 Lanzarote
06.00 Palma de Mallorca
06.30 Dubrovnik
13.10 Bourgas
14.45 Antalya
16.00 Dalaman
Friday
06.00 Menorca
06.00 Enfidha
06.10 Palma de Mallorca
13.20 Corfu
13.30 Zante
14.10 Tenerife
22.20 Ibiza
Saturday
06.00 Alicante
06.05 Ibiza
06.30 Palma de Mallorca
13.15 Kos
13.45 Gran Canaria
14.35 Rhodes
Sunday
06.00 Lanzarote
06.25 Malaga
07.05 Palma de Mallorca
13.50 Larnaca
14.15 Heraklion
15.55 Paphos

Summary of Summer 2023 for TUI from Cardiff Airport
44 weekly departures, 22 destinations, 3 based aircraft.
Palma de Mallorca 6 weekly
Tenerife 3 weekly
Dalaman 3 weekly
Ibiza 3 weekly
Lanzarote 2 weekly
Bourgas 2 weekly
Alicante 2 weekly
Malaga 2 weekly
Antalya 2 weekly
Paphos 2 weekly
Kos 2 weekly
Rhodes 2 weekly
Corfu 2 weekly
Menorca 2 weekly
Zante 2 weekly
Dubrovnik 1 weekly
Heraklion 1 weekly
Larnaca 1 weekly
Enfidha 1 weekly
Gran Canaria 1 weekly
Kefalonia 1 weekly
Reus 1 weekly

 

[Jerry]

G-TUIF a 787-8 is on the ground after arriving at the airport earlier on from Manchester. It's too operate the 11.25 departure to Bridgetown, Barbados.

 

[Jerry]

TUI Stats for December 2022
Alicante 3108 average load 172
Arrecife 3089 average load 171
Las Palmas 1573 average load 157
Tenerife 4498 average load 173

Total 12,268 passengers used TUI in December.

 

[Barry Man]

Unfortunately there will be an external operator this year and it is…… Sunwings yes they are back , on my night shift this week talked to one of the engineers and he confirmed they are back

 

[Jerry]

Well let's hope that they're reliable this season

 

[Jerry]

Well looks like Sharm el Sheikh will return for 2024.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1633771967147827202

 

[geoff]

Good to see an extra summer route, it would be great if they boosted their winter programme to give CWL a better year round balance.

 

[Jerry]

Good to see an extra summer route, it would be great if they boosted their winter programme to give CWL a better year round balance.

They unfortunately do seem happy not too add more for Winter 23/24 it looks the same as before.
Lanzarote 2 weekly
Malaga 1 weekly
Alicante 2 weekly
Gran Canaria 1 weekly
Tenerife 3 weekly
Paphos 1 weekly from 28th February 2024
Palma de Mallorca 1 weekly in April 2024
Sharm el Sheikh 1 weekly in April 2024

 

[Jerry]

Summary of Summer 2024 for TUI from Cardiff Airport, Sharm el Sheikh hasn't been loaded yet.
45 weekly departures, 22 destinations, 3? based aircraft.
Palma de Mallorca 6 weekly
Tenerife 3 weekly
Dalaman 3 weekly
Ibiza 3 weekly
Lanzarote 2 weekly
Bourgas 2 weekly
Alicante 2 weekly
Malaga 2 weekly
Antalya 2 weekly
Paphos 2 weekly
Kos 2 weekly
Rhodes 2 weekly
Corfu 2 weekly
Menorca 2 weekly
Zante 2 weekly
Enfidha 2 weekly
Dubrovnik 1 weekly
Heraklion 1 weekly
Larnaca 1 weekly
Gran Canaria 1 weekly
Kefalonia 1 weekly
Reus 1 weekly


So this is what Summer 2024 schedule for TUI looks like at the moment
Monday
06.00 Enfidha
06.00 Dalaman
06.25 Corfu
06.55 Menorca
13.45 Tenerife
15.20 Antalya
16.55 Bourgas
Tuesday
06.00 Palma de Mallorca
06.00 Alicante
06.00 Reus
13.05 Kefalonia
13.25 Tenerife
14.30 Zante
22.40 Palma de Mallorca
Wednesday
06.00 Malaga
06.00 Kos
06.35 Ibiza
14.00 Rhodes
14.15 Paphos
16.25 Dalaman
Thursday
06.00 Lanzarote
06.00 Palma de Mallorca
06.30 Dubrovnik
13.10 Bourgas
14.45 Antalya
16.00 Dalaman
Friday
06.00 Menorca
06.00 Enfidha
06.10 Palma de Mallorca
13.20 Corfu
13.30 Zante
14.10 Tenerife
22.20 Ibiza
Saturday
06.00 Alicante
06.05 Ibiza
06.30 Palma de Mallorca
13.15 Kos
13.45 Gran Canaria
14.35 Rhodes
Sunday
06.00 Lanzarote
06.25 Malaga
07.05 Palma de Mallorca
13.50 Larnaca
14.15 Heraklion
15.55 Paphos

 

[geoff]

I see there are four early morning Monday flights at the moment could the Minorca flight, be used for the Sharm route I think it operated on a Monday previously in the afternoon. There must be a fourth aircraft for use on a Monday from another base.

 

[Jerry]

I don't know. It'll be curious to see how they fit it all in. I'd be surprised if they dropped Menorca to 1 weekly for Sharm and I'd expect Sharm to be an early afternoon departure rather than a morning one.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

Dalaman and Antalya will probably move to a non based airline.