TUI pulls he plug on Porto Santo

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Thanks to Aidan Padden for sharing this with me.

A big shame for Porto Santo, but hopefully some other company might take on this gap in the market.

Staffing issues could well be one of the main concerns for TUI, and that affecting their customers.

Below From Travel Gossip UK

TUI is pulling its flights to the tiny Portuguese island of Porto Santo from October this year.

The operator confirmed that it won’t resume flights from London Gatwick and Manchester next summer.

Porto Santos is close to the much bigger Portuguese island of Madeira.

Indeed, when it’s too windy for flights to land at Madeira’s frequently buffeted Funchal airport, pilots often divert to Porto Santos.

TUI currently offers flights and packages to three hotels on the island.

Its last flights to Porto Santo will operate from Manchester on 25 September and from Gatwick on 23 October.

They are the only direct flights from the UK to the island and news of their withdrawal will likely be a blow to the Portuguese Tourism Minister, who only last week told Travel Gossip he is trying to encourage airlines to launch more flights between the UK and Portugal.

A TUI spokesperson said: “We regularly review the flights and holidays we offer and adapt accordingly so our customers are provided with holiday options that are most important to them.”

 

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6 Responses

  1. So sad for Porto Santo and everyone who relies on the tourist trade for a livelihood.
    We had three wonderful holidays on the island courtesy of TUI from Manchester although it was noticeable that on each visit the TUI staff presence was becoming more reduced.
    As the only direct flight to the UK we can only hope that another company will pick this up. JET2 perhaps?

  2. Sorry, no sad for Porto Santo. We have used to go Madeira at the end of November and we have liked to book a Golftrip with the Porto Santo line, but the last five years there was an invasion of Danish tourists, so our golftrips became unlikely. Porto Santo will become to crowdy and we will ignore the island the next future. Hopefully, Madeira will think also about it, otherwise …

  3. Hans
    Crowed ? Only if you stay in the hotel swimming pool all day like many tourists do when they go their and many times don’t see them in the beach anywhere and I notice that many times I been their and even the locals . The beach is big enough for people spread themselves over the place . Mabey you need to go to Uk beaches their you find the definition of crowed , Or even certain beaches in Spain or even Portugal and France.

  4. My late husband and I had two lovely hokidays in Porto Santo. I’m sad to read about Tui pulling out.

  5. Very sad news for the island, but it is a great holiday destination and I’m sure (hope) another travel company will take the opportunity to create a new route.
    In recent years it has been difficult for me and my wife to fly directly from Coventry to Porto Santo. We don’t want to travel down to London to fly with Tui. Perhaps now Jet2, or another company, will offer flights from Coventry. We are missing Porto Santo very much!

  6. Maybe its the time of year for negotiating contracts? Pestana have been saying how great their profits have been. Already this year we have seen the Danish extend their season and extra charter flights in from Portugal and Italy, Hotel occupancy is extremely high until the end of September, ill put money on this situation will change!

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