Travel lockdown triggers another 18,000 job cuts: Aircraft maker Airbus and tour operator Tui reveal plans to axe staff By Tom Witherow and Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 Airbus and Tui are set to slash thousands of jobs as planes around … Read more
TUI will cut up to 8,000 jobs across the globe after losing £747m in 2020 as chief exec says Covid is the ‘biggest crisis’ ever faced by holiday industry Anglo-German company said it was working to ‘reduce its cost base’ by 30% Said this will affect 8,000 roles that will ‘either not be recruited or … Read more
Bosses at travel giant Tui under pressure to cut salaries after asking UK taxpayer to pay 11,000 of its staff By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 12 April 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 12 April 2020 Bosses at travel giant Tui were under pressure last night to cut their salaries and … Read more
I arranged a holiday to Italy this June and paid a deposit of £400 to Tui when I initially booked and the full balance was due on Saturday, 21 March. I phoned Tui on Thursday 12 March to enquire whether it would be possible to transfer the holiday without additional cost to the same time … Read more
All 10,000 Tui staff are told their pay will be slashed by up to 50 per cent as travel giant faces ‘acute challenges’ in coronavirus crisis From April, Tui staff required to work will receive a 30% reduction in basic pay Meanwhile, those working less than 50%, or not at all, will face 50% reduction … Read more
Travel giant Tui suspends vast majority of travel operations until further notice as British Airways axes 75 per cent of its flights and EasyJet announces further cancellations IAG, the owner of BA, said today it would cut its flying capacity for April and May Its outgoing boss Willie Walsh will delay retirement but won’t ask … Read more
An outraged tourist decided to check out of his ‘dreadful’ Tui hotel just two hours into his stay, disgusted at finding exposed wiring and cracked tiling in his ‘filthy’ bedroom. Lee Parker, from Beccles, Suffolk, checked into the Catalonia Punta Del Rey in Las Caletillas, Tenerife, expecting a four-star hotel. However, he claims that when … Read more
‘Send us in the opposite direction!’ Tui cruise customers claim they are being forced to holiday in ‘Coronavirus Land’ after the firm refused refunds for trip to Thailand and Singapore Tui’s Marella Cruises trip will also stop in Singapore, Cambodia and Malaysia Some customers are concerned the ship will visit ports that have closed down … Read more
Britons quarantined in a hotel in Tenerife who tested negative for coronavirus will be allowed back to return to the UK, tour operator TUI said. Holidaymakers at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace had previously been told they would have to remain in quarantine until March 10, after at least four tourists were diagnosed with coronavirus, as airlines refused to … Read more
Our sandstorm hell: Passengers in Gran Canaria tweet plea to be flown back to the UK by Tui after being ‘abandoned’ for four days following Saharan storm flight cancellations Greg Horsman had been due to fly back to Manchester on Saturday evening But his flight from Gran Canaria was cancelled due to the Saharan sandstorm … Read more