Travel giant TUI have provided customers with an updated flight schedule amidst “ongoing uncertainty over travel”.
TUI have confirmed more holidays to sunnier climates are to be cancelled this month after reviewing the flight programme to meet UK Government rules.
Holidays up until October 31 are affected with flights to Florida, Mexico, Tunisia and Egypt on the updated list.
TUI have also advised their customers to check the travel, testing and quarantine advice for the country they are travelling to as the rules vary in each destination.
However, in more positive news, protocols for travellers as of yesterday meant fully vaccinated customers and children under the age of 18, who are travelling with their vaccinated parents, will no longer be required to take a pre-departure test before their arrival into the UK.
Later in the month experts are anticipating the day two PCR test is expected be replaced by a lateral flow test.
A report in Mirror Online confirmed the fresh TUI cancellations.
TUI latest holiday cancellations:
Up to and including October 16:
Egypt (Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh) and Jamaica
Up to and including October 21:
TUI flights:
Cape Verde, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Mexico
Up to and including October 31:
TUI flights:
Aruba
Austria, Italy and Slovenia (TUI Lakes and Mountains)
Bulgaria (Varna and Bourgas)
Costa Rica
Egypt (Marsa Alam)
Florida
Italy (Calabria, Sardinia and Sicily)
Mainland Spain (Almeria and Girona)
Malta
Montenegro
Thailand
Tunisia
Non TUI Flights:
Austria, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania, Thailand and Trinidad & Tobago, USA and UAE (Abu Dhabi)
Destinations that TUI is currently operating or due to operate
TUI flights:
Balearics (Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca)
Canaries (Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma and Tenerife)
Croatia (Dubrovnik until October 10, Pula and Split)
Cyprus (Larnaca and Paphos)
Egypt (Sharm El Sheikh from October 17 and Hurghada from October 18)
Greece (Corfu, Crete, Halkidiki, Kefalonia, Kos, Parga, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos, Thassos and Zakynthos)
Italy (Naples)
Madeira and Porto Santo
Mainland Spain (Alicante, Malaga and Reus)
Morocco (Agadir and Marrakech)
Portugal (Algarve, Madeira and Porto Santo)
St Lucia
Turkey (Antalya, Dalaman, Bodrum from October 11 and Izmir from October 16)
Non-TUI flights:
Antigua
Barbados
Gibraltar
Greece (Athens, Peloponnese and Mykonos)
Grenada
Iceland
Italy (Naples, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany and Venice)
Jersey
Mainland Spain (Almeria and Barcelona)
Maldives (from October 3)
Malta
Mauritius
Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Portugal (Lisbon)
Sri Lanka (from October 4)
St Lucia
Switzerland
Turkey (Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman and Izmir)
UAE (Dubai)
TUI said that all customers will be contacted and given at least seven days advance notice if holidays need to be cancelled because of updated Government advice.
These customers can request a full cash refund, or to change to a later date or alternative holiday with a booking incentive.
TUI’s website states: “We know some customers may be unsure about travelling this summer, so to offer continued flexibility and reassurance, fee-free changes can be made up to 14 days before travel for customers due to depart up to and including 31 October.
“Customers due to depart between 1 November 2021 and 30 April 2022 can make fee-free changes up to 28 days before departure.
“Please check our flying programme for more information for the most up to date information on departures from UK airports we’re flying from.”
