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Tui joins MAG legal action as UK boss says travel firms 'perilously close' to failing

Government
Sophie Griffiths
22 June 2021

Tui has confirmed it has joined Manchester Airports Group and Ryanair in its legal action against the government.

Tui welcome Madeira

It comes after BA and Virgin Atlantic announced last week they were also joining the legal challenge, which is calling for a judicial review over the new traffic light system’s “lack of transparency”.

Court papers officially filed on Thursday (17 June) argue the government’s reasons for their decisions on a country’s traffic light status are “undisclosed and the decision-making process lacks transparency in a fundamental way”.

Tui’s UK boss Andrew Flintham confirmed the tour operator was joining the action, in a speech at Abta’s Travel Matters.