Holiday giant adds 440,000 extra seats out of Manchester Airport for Summer 2020
TUI, the UK’s largest holiday company, has announced its biggest holiday programme with Manchester Airport, equivalent to 440,000 extra seats for Summer 2020.
The increase will see particular growth in long haul, with additional days of flying to family favourite destinations Orlando Sanford (Florida), Cancun (Mexico) and Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) added to the company’s Summer 2020 programme.
Manchester Airports huge increase in seats does not stop at just long haul with many more seats available on additional flights added for short and mid-haul hotspots.
TUI has added more than 20 more flying days across 16 of its current destinations that depart from Manchester Airport, including customer favourites such as Lanzarote (Spain), Izmir (Turkey), Malaga (Spain) and more.
The Summer 2020 programme will also see an increase in the frequency of flights operating to Antalya (Turkey), Dalaman (Turkey), Corfu (Greece), Menorca (Spain), Enfidha (Tunisa), Palma (Spain) and Tenerife (Canaries), giving holidaymakers from the North West more choice when booking next year’s Summer holiday.
TUI UK&I’s director of aviation planning, Karen Switzer, said: “Earlier this month TUI announced an additional two million seats to many holiday destination favourites and today the majority of these seats go on sale for Summer 2020.
“We are delighted that our new additions launched today provide holidaymakers departing from our regional airports with even more choice when deciding where to go next Summer on holiday.
“The customer is at the heart of everything we do and this additional growth to some of our customers’ favourite holiday hotspots demonstrates our continued commitment for people to discover their smile with us.”
Julian Carr, aviation director at Manchester Airport, said: “We’re delighted that TUI is expanding its operation here from Manchester for Summer 2020. By adding more frequencies to lots of its popular destinations, our passengers will have even more choice when it comes to booking their holidays for next year.”
