TUI Airways

TUI Airways (BY) is one of the world's largest holiday charter airlines operating low cost flights to more than 70 destinations across Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

TUI is one of the largest leisure, travel and tourism companies to offer both low cost holiday flight tickets and package holiday deals, with departures from 20 UK airports. TUI has been voted (several times) the ‘World’s Best Leisure Airline’ at the prestigious World Airline Awards.

TUI offers discount flight ticket deals on short-haul, mid-haul and long-haul destinations, with the most popular routes being the European holiday hot spots of Benidorm, Mallorca, the Algarve, Ibiza, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and the Costa Del Sol. TUI also offer cheap long-haul flight only deals to destinations such as Jamaica, New York and Mexico.

TUI operate state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliners, a fuel efficient long range aircraft, with larger windows, more headroom & legroom and quieter engines. TUI's modern fleet has helped transform long-haul holiday travel, with the added convenience of no stopovers.

Tui was founded in 1962 as Britannia Airways and started using the current name in 2008 after a merger between TUI's Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways. In 2015 TUI announced the Thomson name would be dropped from its travel agencies, website and aircraft and replaced with TUI.

TUI's main UK operating base and hubs are located at London Gatwick Airport (LGW), Manchester Airport (MAN) and Birmingham Airport (BHX). TUI's primary UK departure airports include: Manchester, Gatwick, Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow and Leeds Bradford. Popular flight ticket only destinations include: Ibiza, Reus, Alicante, Malaga, Menorca, Malta, Faro, Cancun, Geneva and many more.