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Tui Airways to increase seat-only, launch new winter routes and target Brits abroad

Airlines
Gary Noakes
11 November 2025

Tui Airways plans to grow its share of the seat-only market, expand its winter schedule and target the VFR sector in a major shake-up of the way the airline operates.

Passengers board a Tui aircraft
(Credit: iStock / Ceri Breeze)

(Credit: iStock / Ceri Breeze)

Chief executive Marco Ciomperlik said Tui planned to bring its UK carrier more in line with its European fleet and make it less reliant on in-house package sales.

He told the Airlines 2025 conference: “In the EU, we have quite a significant seat-only share, but the UK is more tour operator-integrated."

Ciomperlik said Tui Airways was unusual in that around 90% of its UK capacity is taken by its tour operation. This compares with 30-60% in Benelux, which he gave by way of comparison.