{"id":47566,"date":"2022-06-01T06:32:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=47566"},"modified":"2022-06-01T06:32:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:32:24","slug":"tui-cancels-more-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/tui-cancels-more-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"TUI cancels more flights","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Another 180 flights cancelled from Manchester<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/06\/Tui-tailfins-360x240.png\" alt=\"TUI tailfins\" class=\"wp-image-47570 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/06\/Tui-tailfins-360x240.png\" alt=\"TUI tailfins\" class=\"wp-image-47570\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tui-tailfins-360x240.png 360w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tui-tailfins-500x334.png 500w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tui-tailfins-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tui-tailfins.png 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tui has announced more than 180 flight cancellations from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/manchester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester<\/a>&nbsp;airport until the end of next month as its customers caught up in the half-term travel chaos told of how their holiday plans had been ruined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the moment all of TUI&#8217;s Monday and Friday weekly connections to Funchal appear to be still available on their website &#8211; in fact, you can currently ge<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/flight\/search?flyingFrom%5B%5D=MAN&amp;flyingTo%5B%5D=FNC&amp;depDate=2022-06-03&amp;returnDate=2022-06-27&amp;adults=2&amp;children=0&amp;childAge=&amp;isOneWay=false&amp;searchType=pricegrid&amp;nearByAirports=true&amp;currency=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">t a 28-day return flight for just \u00a389 per person.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manchester Airport, which just last month&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/we-dont-staff-level-service-23630666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a candid apology<\/a>&nbsp;over its staffing crisis, is understood to be the only hub in the country impacted by TUI\u2019s planned raft of cancellations, cutting six flights a day, 186 flights in total, between May 31 and June 30,  as they battle&nbsp;lengthy queues and cancelled takeoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, after preemptively scrapping 240 flights over the weekend,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/easyjet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">easyJet<\/a>\u2019s on-the-day cancellations are continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manchester Airport said it was disappointed to see travellers\u2019 holiday plans disrupted by the move, which it put down to staff shortages at Tui and its ground handler Swissport, which manages its check-in and baggage handling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guardian quotes an even higher number, reporting that Tui has announced that it is cancelling nearly 400 flights between&nbsp;Manchester airport&nbsp;and a range of holiday destinations have been axed from now until the end of June.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stokesentinel.co.uk\/news\/stoke-on-trent-news\/tui-tell-34000-manchester-airport-7151942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/06\/image-500x77.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47568 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/06\/image-500x77.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47568\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-500x77.png 500w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-360x56.png 360w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-768x119.png 768w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image.png 1099w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-global-color-16-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;<\/strong>updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/covid-19-hospitalisations-continue-to-fall\/\">earlier&nbsp;post<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/05\/image-45-360x224.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47389 lazyload\" width=\"180\" title=\"\"><noscript><img 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At the moment all of TUI&#8217;s Monday and Friday weekly connections to Funchal appear to be still available on their website &#8211; in fact, you can currently get a 28-day return flight for just \u00a389 per person. Manchester Airport, which just last month&nbsp;issued a candid apology&nbsp;over its staffing crisis, is understood to be the only hub in the country impacted by TUI\u2019s planned raft of cancellations, cutting six flights a day, 186 flights in total, between May 31 and June 30, as they battle&nbsp;lengthy queues and cancelled takeoffs. Meanwhile, after preemptively scrapping 240 flights over the weekend,&nbsp;easyJet\u2019s on-the-day cancellations are continuing. Manchester Airport said it was disappointed to see travellers\u2019 holiday plans disrupted by the move, which it put down to staff shortages at Tui and its ground handler Swissport, which manages its check-in and baggage handling. The Guardian quotes an even higher number, reporting that Tui has announced that it is cancelling nearly 400 flights between&nbsp;Manchester airport&nbsp;and a range of holiday destinations have been axed from now until the end of June. COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier&nbsp;post Solidarity with Ukraine A \u201cStand With Ukraine\u201d page is being automatically shown to all traffic coming to this website originating in Russia FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailPinterestWhatsAppReddit<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":47570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}