Tui cancels number of flights from Manchester Airport today

Tui has been forced to cancel several flights from Manchester Airport today, July 21, as it continues to deal with the knock-on effects of the global IT outage which occurred on Friday. Thousands of flights were canceled across the globe while many more were delayed as airports were forced to do check-in and boarding manually.

According to Aviation data analysts Cirium, a total of 6,855 flights were canceled across the world on Friday, equating to 6.2 percent of all scheduled flights. In the UK, 207 flights were canceled departing from the country – 6.7 per cent of all scheduled flights, with a further 201 inbound arrivals cancelled.

Images showed passengers queuing through the car park at Manchester Airport’s terminal three on Friday. Although systems were back up and running later that day, it has continued to have an impact on flight schedules.

READ MORE: Every delayed and canceled flight from Manchester Airport on Sunday, July 21

The disruption coincided with the busiest travel weekend of the year so far with many schools breaking up on Friday. Thousands of families were jetting off abroad as the summer holidays kicked off.

Today Tui has announced that it has had to cancel several flights from Manchester Airport as it continues to feel the effects of the outage. It said: “We are sorry to inform passengers that we have made the difficult decision to cancel the below flights.”

All the TUI flights canceled from Manchester Airport today, Sunday July 21

• TOM2778 Manchester to Corfu

• TOM2772 Manchester to Reus, Spain

• TOM2754 Manchester to Lanzarote

• TOM2700 Manchester to Larnaca, Cyprus

• TOM114 Manchester to Montego Bay

Additionally, Tui has canceled the TOM1730 flight from Belfast to Lanzarote, and the TOM6742 flight from Bournemouth to Menorca.

In a statement on its website, Tui said: “Due to the global IT issue at airports and airlines around the world on Friday, TUI’s overall service this weekend was heavily impacted and we would like to apologize to everyone affected.

“If you are due to travel with us today, we ask for your patience and understanding. Customers should travel to the airport as normal unless you are contacted by TUI or your non-TUI airline directly. However, please plan ahead and expect longer waiting times.”

The airline added that customers on canceled flights have several options which depend on if your booking is flight only or a package holiday. It said: “Customers who no longer wish to travel can cancel and receive a full refund of the holiday cost. They will also receive a £200 per adult and £100 per child TUI holiday voucher off a future holiday. Refunds will be processed within 14 days. For customers who have booked just a flight with us, as this flight is canceled you will automatically receive a full refund within 14 days.”

Tui added that affected customers will be contacted directly. More information is available on the airline’s website.

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