TUI Airline plans to operate 84,000 flights and offer 17 million seats in summer 2027, a 4.6% increase in capacity over summer 2026. Its programme includes 25 new routes and around 640,000 additional seats across the UK, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
The schedule is the first developed under a single commercial framework combining demand from TUI tour operators, distribution partners and customers booking flights only. Following a network review, TUI says it has adjusted capacity, frequencies or aircraft deployment on about one-third of its routes.
London Gatwick will gain eight routes, bringing TUI’s network there to 59 destinations. The additions are Athens, Palermo, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Valencia, Tangier, Djerba and Mytilene.
In Germany, TUI will introduce a twice-weekly Boeing 787 service from Düsseldorf to Curaçao. New short- and medium-haul routes from Düsseldorf and Hanover include Málaga from both airports, Ljubljana, Naples and Venice from Düsseldorf, and Olbia from Hanover.
Amsterdam will gain a twice-weekly Boeing 787 service to Kilimanjaro, operated as part of a routing that also serves Zanzibar. TUI also plans to make Amsterdam the launch base for its Boeing 737-10 in the second quarter of 2027, subject to the aircraft’s certification. The Dutch operation is expected to replace six 737-8s with seven larger 737-10s.
For Belgium, TUI plans more services to destinations including Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Crete, Madeira and Marrakech. It also identifies new route opportunities to Billund, Ljubljana, Essaouira and Fez, without specifying frequencies or departure airports in the announcement.
TUI says the wider programme will allow it to use its aircraft more intensively while retaining package holidays at the centre of its business. Most of the new routes are planned to operate two or three times a week.