Originally Posted by
Jn14:6
I understand that the TUI Palma flights are Saturday afternoons and a whole aircraft charter, so not bookable via BA.
TUI Holidays are also now using both the SAT and SUN BA scheduled SOU-PMI flights - same times as per the BA Flight Timetable -
I guess they have taken blocks of seats on those, or buying in at an IT rate.
The BA charter for TUI on Saturdays seems to be out at 1450, and 1940 arrive back home.
A highly desirable weekend day flight at great times.
When you search a TUI Majorca holiday booking it is offering you a choice
of all the BA flights on some high season weekends.
Could be doing very well for them...Hence TUI now selling holidays on the Scheduled flights on both days too.
I wonder if TUI will pick up more summer holidays on BA flights in 2023 from SOU to Ibiza Malaga Faro and Alicante >
or too much competition with its Bournemouth program>?
TUI dropped Mykonos from its Brochure a few years back; Most accommodation in Mykonos is way too expensive for TUI to contract.
The loads on BA's JMK last season were not that impressive I gather.
This year TUI have strangely dropped Santorini flying from LGW, but still offers it direct from BRS and BHX.
Ingham's used to have Flybe flights SOU to Verona - Very popular indeed with flights going on WED and SATS.
Verona VRN would be a very good one for BA from SOU for TUI and Inghams - who both have large summer Lakes and Mountains programs.
Salzburg and Chambery (BA winter only from SOU) would both fit nicely with TUI's Crystal Ski, and Inghams Ski programs.
The pretty disastrous Skiathos charter series (flown by Flybe with a hefty payload restriction) shows that you do need integrations with Tour Operators to help you share and take the risk - such as could have been with TUI, Olympic, Ionian Island Holidays, CV Villas, Mark Warner and Sunvil Holidays.
Had that Travel Company (who were actually a seat-only sales agency) wooed the Skiathos package holiday and Villa specialists with its SOU-JSI flight series then I am sure it should have been very successful.
Likewise the Enter Air charter flights based from LGW to Corfu, Preveza, Rhodes, Skiathos via Volos, Samos via Lemnos etc are all shared with above smaller Greek holiday specialists and have been basing a 737-800 at LGW for a number of years now.
TUI Flight Only
Last Minute Deals for June on the BA SOU - PMI Charter are from £79, and in July from £92 (no 1 weekers - only 2 or 3 weekers)
Some dates saying only 2 3 or 4 seats left...Goodness!