Originally Posted by
TSR2
Pre planned or last minute, any cancellation can ruin the planning of your holiday.
TUI the tour operator cancel these flight generally, it has always been thus. Book your holiday in August for next year, then around January, if booking aren't adequate find yourself consolidated onto a flight to the same destination, from another airport, or offered a refund / rebooking somewhere else.
Same procedure for all tour operators, however with the vertical integration of the IT industry, it's often difficult for the average punter to differentiate between what the airline does, and what the tour operator (with whom they are contracted) does since they appear to be one and the same.