Cardiff: TUi Airways Flights, New Routes & Base Updates

[Jerry]

Seems like TUI are playing with the dates today with Faro flight only option showing for a few dates in summer 27. Malaga seems to be 3pw in some weeks and 2 in others.

Yep still work in progress it seems.

 

[geoff]

Perhaps TUI have been in consultation with FR, regarding using them for some of the Faro and Malaga flights.

 

[geoff]

Poster on Facebook, stating that FUE and Faro(2), replaced by Palma and Rhodes, and possibly Malaga, which is apparently bookable on a Wednesday inbound but not yet outbound, as Jerry said obviously still work in progress.

 

[Em0866]

I noticed there's a TUI flight to PMI on Friday, so I presume this is the start of TUIs summer schedule from May 1st starting a wee bit early?

 

[Samdorob]

I noticed there's a TUI flight to PMI on Friday, so I presume this is the start of TUIs summer schedule from May 1st starting a wee bit early?

Seems so. Personally I’d say it’s about time they added a second PMI flight in April. Recently had to go from Bristol as we weren’t able to go for a week and Mallorca airport was buzzing with activity. I’d say demand from holiday makers is certainly there.

 

[Jerry]

Confirmation of what we already know but it also does seem CWL isn't alone and other airports have had changes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2046873946243375234

 

[Samdorob]

TUI holidays from CWL to Faro are available again for summer 2027. The only difference is that the flights are shown as TBA.

I’d imagine they’re waiting on the Ryanair flights for next summer and will just adjust the dates if people’s holidays if needed. What’s interesting is that the flight times for Thursday suggest a Cardiff based aircraft whilst the Saturday flight times would be away based.

Edit: I realise Jerry had mentioned this some weeks ago, but I recall the holiday search showing 0 results back then.

 

[Jerry]

TUI holidays from CWL to Faro are available again for summer 2027. The only difference is that the flights are shown as TBA.

I’d imagine they’re waiting on the Ryanair flights for next summer and will just adjust the dates if people’s holidays if needed. What’s interesting is that the flight times for Thursday suggest a Cardiff based aircraft whilst the Saturday flight times would be away based.

Edit: I realise Jerry had mentioned this some weeks ago, but I recall the holiday search showing 0 results back then.

I believe the Thursday times are TUI time for S26 and Saturday Ryanair's S26 times.

 

[MrFenner]

According to our friends at SWAG, CWL will be seeing five different TUI aircraft today as the summer season starts to begin:

G-TUMD, TAWD, TUPD, TUPB, TAWI

Also good to see Egypt return to the boards with HRG!

👍

 

[Cardiffbay]

When does the 4th based aircraft arrive. I know normally when it was a 3 aircraft base the 3rd arrived end of May. Is it the same this year for the 4th?

 

[Samdorob]

When does the 4th based aircraft arrive. I know normally when it was a 3 aircraft base the 3rd arrived end of May. Is it the same this year for the 4th?

I suspect so. I don't know the exact date. As the season gets going extra aircraft are flown in from the larger bases, and I suspect at some point one of those will stick around.

 

[Jerry]

I've seen a post on Facebook that TUI have changed some of the times for Saturdays for Alicante, Fuerteventura, Chambery and Salzburg between December and March for winter 2026-27
Possible new route incoming?

 

[MJC73]

My Salzburg flight has been changed to 1335

 

[Foxlimayankee]

I've seen a post on Facebook that TUI have changed some of the times for Saturdays for Alicante, Fuerteventura, Chambery and Salzburg between December and March for winter 2026-27
Possible new route incoming?

Those timings would also require a 3rd aircraft. Unless one of them is changing to W pattern.

 

[Jerry]

Those timings would also require a 3rd aircraft. Unless one of them is changing to W pattern.

Be interesting to see if that happens. I believe there was often 3 aircraft at Cardiff in the winter but only 2 in use.

 

[Samdorob]

Looking at CWL departures we’ll see 4 morning TUI departures from Thursday (21st of May). I imagine the long awaited 4th aircraft will arrive on Tuesday/Wednesday.

 

[Em0866]

All looking busier from end of next week. I'll be flying to Paphos in a couple of weeks with TUI from CWL and it will be one in a total of 8 TUI flights on that day, as well as other airlines too.

 

[CAN&I]

Does anyone have a list of destinations and frequncies of departures per week now that TUI's 4th based aircraft is due to come on line this Thursday?

 

[Jerry]

Does anyone have a list of destinations and frequncies of departures per week now that TUI's 4th based aircraft is due to come on line this Thursday?

Update 24/11/25
This is what is onsale from Cardiff Airport for Summer 2026 at the moment. 29 destinations, 106 weekly departures. The largest airline is TUI with up to 56 weekly departures, then comes Ryanair with 19 weekly departures, KLM with 14 weekly departures, Aer Lingus with 7 weekly departures, Vueling with up to 6 weekly departures and WestJet with 4 weekly departures. Approximately 35,000 seats a week onsale during peak S26 an approximate 16% growth on S25.
Aer Lingus
Belfast City 7 weekly departures
KLM
Amsterdam 14 weekly departures
Ryanair
Dublin 6 weekly
Malaga 5 weekly
Alicante 4 weekly
Faro 3 weekly
Tenerife 1 weekly
TUI
Palma de Mallorca 7 weekly
Tenerife 4 weekly
Enfidha 3 weekly
Dalaman 3 weekly
Antalya 3 weekly
Alicante 2 weekly
Burgas 2 weekly
Corfu 2 weekly
Heraklion 2 weekly
Faro 2 weekly
Gran Canaria 2 weekly
Hurghada 2 weekly
Ibiza 2 weekly
Kos 2 weekly
Lanzarote 2 weekly
Larnaca 2 weekly
Malaga 2 weekly
Menorca 2 weekly
Paphos 2 weekly
Rhodes 2 weekly
Zante 2 weekly
Kefalonia 1 weekly
Dubrovnik 1 weekly
Fuerteventura 1 weekly
Reus 1 weekly
Vueling
Alicante 3 weekly
Malaga 3 weekly
WestJet
Toronto 4 weekly

Last time I checked TUI was 56 weekly departures and 25 destinations at peak summer

 

[CAN&I]

Last time I checked TUI was 56 weekly departures and 25 destinations at peak summer

Thanks Jerry. Trying to work out the added routes and frequencies with the 4th aircraft.

Is it something along the lines of:

• Faro - new route with 3 x weekly flights (+3)
• Hurghada - moves from 1 x weekly to 2 x weekly (+1)
• Antalya - 2 x to 3 x weekly (+1)
• Gran Canaria - 1 x to 2 x weekly (+1)
• Palma de Mallorca - 5 x to 6 x weekly (+1) with an away-based extra rotation on Tuesdays taking the route to 7 x weekly during July and August (+1)
• Enfidha - 2 x to 3 x weekly (+1)
• Tenerife - 3 x to 4 x weekly (+1)
• Hurghada - 1 x to 2 x weekly (+1)

...amounting to 11 additional weekly flights (12 if the away-based Palma flight is included)?

Cheers.