TUI scraps flights to 3 popular vacation locations this year

3 popular winter season sun locations will no longer have flights with TUI Airways.

The trip operator is ditching flights from the UK to Costa Rica, St Lucia and Orlando

The London Gatwick to Costa Rica path will be ditched from April, according to Travel Gossip.

In 2015, around 50,000 Brits checked out Costa Rica, a boost of 5 percent.

The present flight, which lands at Liberia Airport, is the only direct flight choice from the UK.

Having actually just relaunched as a winter season flight path post-pandemic (regardless of formerly using a summertime flight schedule,) Brits will need to sign up with a linking flight rather.

This takes the flight time from around 10 hours to 18 hours.

Or, British Airways uses direct flights throughout the winter from November to March, to San Jose Airport rather.

TUI’s St Lucia flights from London Gatwick will likewise stop from completion of May.

TUI very first introduced flights to St Lucia from both London Gatwick and Manchester airports in 2020.

Nevertheless, Saint Lucia Tourist Authority (SLTA) stated that they would see the “exact same arrival numbers” with flights used by other airline companies.

They included: “With everyday flights to the island with British Airways from Gatwick airport and 3 flights a weeks on Virgin Atlantic from London Heathrow, Saint Lucia will stay well served from the UK market.”

TUI will still be using vacation bundles to both St Lucia and Costa Rica, however flights will no longer be with TUI Airways.

And TUI likewise appears to have actually eliminated their Birmingham to Orlando flight path from October.

Sun Travel has actually called TUI for remark.

Last April, TUI ditched it’s Manchester to Cuba direct service.

However the trip operator has actually likewise introduced a variety of brand-new flights.

In 2015, TUI relaunched flights from Southampton for the very first time in 15 years.

Other brand-new flights consist of brand-new paths from Cardiff to Fuerteventura, and to Luxor from both Manchester and London Gatwick.

And TUI has actually stated more Brits are gathering to locations like Egypt, Bulgaria and Albania with Spain being “complete” this summertime.

What do the TUI flight cancellations suggest for Brits?

The Sun’s Head of Travel Lisa Minot weighs in:

trip operating giant TUI’s choice to slash flights to Costa Rica and St Lucia will be frustrating for fans of the tropical trips.

However it’s not a surprise the business is making modifications to make the very best usage of its fleet.

As the world’s biggest charter airline company, it has 60 airplanes flying to more than 100 locations worldwide from 17 UK airports.

The fleet consists of 13 Boeing 787 Dreamliners utilized on their long-haul paths and getting the most out of these airplanes will be a top priority.

TUI Belgium – part of the worldwide TUI corporation – revealed it was axing ALL its long run paths from Brussels this month in an effort to cut flights that were not commercially practical.

The European provider is stated to be focusing its long run airplane on paths to Africa that are understood to be more financially rewarding.

So there is every opportunity that although there will be less option of flights to the Caribbean for the winter season, some fascinating brand-new locations might quickly be revealed for Brits too.

Sebastien Ebel, TUI Group president, stated: “In summertime, there is high need for Bulgaria, Tunisia and Egypt, so there are modifications in need patterns.

” Majorca will be complete in summertime, the Canaries are complete in winter season, however there suffices option for consumers to discover the ideal trip.”