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TUI reveals UK regions to benefit from major capacity boost
Bristol, Birmingham, Doncaster Sheffield and Manchester airports will be the biggest beneficiaries of a two million increase in seat capacity by TUI next summer.
TUI announced earlier this month that it was boosting regional capacity for next summer following the demise of Thomas Cook, and this morning it confirmed that it will grow from 13 airports.
However, the greatest growth will be in the Midlands, the north of England and the west country.
Almost a quarter of the extra capacity has been pumped into Manchester Airport, from where TUI will offer an extra 440,000 seats next summer.
It will offer 20 extra flying days from Manchester to a total of 16 destinations, including Orlando, Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, Lanzarote, and Izmir in Turkey.
It has also added an extra 136,000 seats from Doncaster Sheffield in a major boost for the Yorkshire airport, which will see new flights to Fuerteventura and Heraklion in Greece and the addition of 10- and 11-night departures to Ibiza, Larnaca and Reus in Spain.
Doncaster Sheffield will also get more flights to holiday hotspots including Antalya, Palma and Zakynthos.
Flights to several new destinations including Izmir, Girona and Almeria will be added from Bristol Airport, which will also see additional flying days to the most popular destinations including Antalya, Dalaman, Palma, Tenerife and Larnaca.
In addition, 10- and 11-night departures to destinations including Orlando, Bodrum and Skiathos will be added for next summer.
In total, TUI will offer an extra 266,000 seats from Bristol in summer 2020.
From Birmingham, TUI will offer an extra 194,000 seats, including flights to Almeria and Split for the first time. In total, it has added 16 additional flying days across 11 destinations from Birmingham, including Antalya, Tenerife and Rhodes.
Here is the full list of airports where TUI is adding capacity:
- Belfast
- Birmingham
- Bournemouth
- Bristol
- Cardiff
- Doncaster
- Edinburgh
- East Midlands
- Glasgow
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Norwich
- Stanstead
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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