Cardiff: TUi Airways Flights, New Routes & Base Updates

[Cardiffbay]

No reductions has to be taken as a positive. Also worth noting at an airline level TUI are getting stung by late deliveries from Boeing for 737-8’s and still no certification of 737-10 it has to be hard to plan any expansion at any bases.

 

[Jerry]

This is what Summer 2026 for TUI looks like at the moment
48 weekly departures, 4 of which are non based. This is an increase of 1 weekly departure on Summer 2025 with Mallorca going from 6 to 7 weekly with the addition of a flight on Wednesdays.

Palma de Mallorca 7 weekly (1 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
Dubrovnik 1 weekly (non based)
Kefalonia 1 weekly
Gran Canaria 1 weekly
Reus 1 weekly

 

[geoff]

It's a shame they didn't introduce a couple of new destinations, I would have thought they might have brought Malta back, it is good we managed to gain 1 flight, and there's a long time to go for some additions, if we are lucky enough.

 

[Jerry]

It's a shame they didn't introduce a couple of new destinations, I would have thought they might have brought Malta back, it is good we managed to gain 1 flight, and there's a long time to go for some additions, if we are lucky enough.

Still plenty of time for any more but without a new based aircraft they're going to have to use non based either from the likes of Freebird or from other bases.

 

[Samdorob]

Still plenty of time for any more but without a new based aircraft they're going to have to use non based either from the likes of Freebird or from other bases.

It seems like the amount of away based flights are steadily increasing and hopefully working towards that 4th aircraft. I do think we’re several years away from that mind. I did hear that the third aircraft will be from TUI next year onwards so they could have 3 TUI and one leased for the summer season. One can dream!

 

[Jerry]

Nice too see Chambery being advertised at Cardiff Central Station

 

[Jerry]

TUI is increasing Tenerife to 4 weekly and Gran Canaria to 2 weekly in winter 2025/26.

 

[geoff]

Yet more good news!

 

[Jerry]

Yet more good news!

From what I've seen elsewhere it looks like there'll be 2 based aircraft with Chambery operating on a based aircraft.

 

[Nuffsaid]

Great news. Now if we could get Ryanair to announce expansion that would complete a hat trick .

 

[Jerry]

This is what the TUI schedule for winter 2025/26 looks like at the moment update 28/11/24
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
16.00 Chambery (from 20/12/25-7/3/26)
????Fuerteventura????
Sunday
07.00 Malaga
09.00 Tenerife (from 21/12/25)
14.55 Lanzarote

TUI will operate at least 9 weekly departures up to 15 weekly departures in April 2026 with 2 based aircraft. Fuerteventura isn't onsale yet.

 

[Tinkerman]

There could be more to come if two based over the winter too … Not enough to fill even a bare winter schedule there really for two airframes.

 

[Samdorob]

Now if only they could add Fuerteventura for a complete set.

 

[Jerry]

There could be more to come if two based over the winter too … Not enough to fill even a bare winter schedule there really for two airframes.

Well during winter TUI have often just operated one departure per day.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday look like they require 2 aircraft. Friday also from March.
They could look to increase Lanzarote to 3 weekly and operate one full aircraft schedule on say Tuesdays. Only other possibility i could see them do is an Egypt flight but they've tried that before and keep dropping it.

 

[Nuffsaid]

Fuerteventura?

 

[Jerry]

Fuerteventura?

That's a route they briefly tried before but it didn't last and it is a destination they only operate from Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Gatwick. Personally i'd have thought Sal would be a more likely destination.

 

[geoff]

Thank goodness TUI are looking at CWL for winter services, CWL has had very basic winter services for several years so anything extra is a bonus, perhaps some of the other airlines operating from CWL could follow TUI's example.

 

[MJC73]

Such good news. Blazing a path?

 

[Jerry]

Such good news. Blazing a path?

Fingers crossed!

 

[Jerry]

More good news from TUI Fuerteventura returns.

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