TUI extends the suspension of its packages to the Balearic and Canary Islands to August 4

It questions "the level of uncertainty and confusion" created by the British Government and announces that for the moment it will increase its flights to destinations such as Greece and Turkey

July 29 2020 (14:49 WEST)
TUI Tour Operator Aircraft
TUI Tour Operator Aircraft

The tour operator TUI has announced this Wednesday that it is extending until at least August 4 the suspension of its holiday packages to the Balearic and Canary Islands, while it will increase its flights to tourist destinations such as Greece and Turkey.

The British-German company recalls that its programs to mainland Spain remain suspended until August 10, and points out that this Friday it will update the information for people who have reservations from that date and from the 4th to the islands.

TUI makes the decision after the British Foreign Office on Monday changed its recommendations and advised against traveling to all of Spain, including the islands, which were previously excluded from the veto because they were considered to be at lower risk of coronavirus.

In the statement released this Wednesday, the tour operator reiterates that customers who were going to travel to Spain between July 26, when the British Government imposed a quarantine on travelers arriving from the country, and August 9 will be able to change their reservation or request a refund.

The managing director for the United Kingdom and Ireland, Andrew Flintham, explains that the majority of customers affected by the cancellations have wanted to change their destinations. For this reason, he indicates, seven flights have been added this weekend to destinations such as Crete, Rhodes, Zante and Corfu in Greece and Dalaman and Antalya in Turkey.

The company asks the UK Government to work closely with the travel industry and eliminate "the quarantine approach" and consider the rapid introduction of regional travel corridors.

"The level of uncertainty and confusion created this week is detrimental to the confidence of businesses and customers in travel," the company says.

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