TUI announces thousands of new seats from four UK airports next summer as beach hotspots added to airline's roster

Exeter airport

Exeter Airport will see an additional 80,000 seats go up for sale thanks to its additional aircraft. Capacity will increase for existing routes like Tenerife (Spain), Lanzarote (Canary Islands), Antalya (Turkey), Heraklion (Crete), Paphos (Cyprus) and Rhodes (Greece).

New routes will extend to Ibiza (Spain), with year-round flights to Tenerife (Spain) and Lanzarote to come into operation.

Birmingham Airport:

Birmingham airport will see 70,000 new seats added to its roster. It will also introduce nine exclusive routes to Boa Vista (West Africa), Cancun (Mexico), Hurghada (Egypt), Kavala (Greece), Orlando-Melbourne Florida (United States) and Rhodes.

Bournemouth:

There will be 15,000 seats available from Bournemouth, with exclusive routes to Kefalonia (Greece) and Paphos.

East Midlands:

Passengers departing from the East Midlands will benefit from the new routes to Bulgaria and Cape Verde.

An additional 50,000 additional seats will offer more frequency to existing destinations.

London Gatwick:

TUI will provide 1.9 million seats departing from Gatwick for summer 2025 including a new route to Porto.

Stansted Airport:

The travel hub will offer 33 weekly flights to 14 destinations including a new route to Tunisia’s Enfhida.

Twelve exclusive new routes will exist to destinations including Montego Bay (Jamaica), La Palma (Spain) and Costa Brava (Spain).

TUI UK and Ireland managing director Andrew Flintham said: “Our customers want more flexibility in departing airports, destinations and holiday directions and this programme for summer 2025 shows our continued commitment to making it easier for customers to book the holiday that’s right for them.

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“The additions are across 19 regional airports from Glasgow to Bournemouth, with customers being able to fly on more Tui holidays from their local airport than ever before.”

The 2025 summer programme will be on sale from today via tui.co.uk, TUI retail stores and independent travel agents.

It comes as Jet2 announced several new routes to link the UK and popular Spanish destinations.

The low-cost leisure airline will launch its inaugural flight from the Dorset base to Tenerife in April 2025, with 15 additional links across Europe to follow.