TUI considers other Phuket departures
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TUI Travel could launch flights between Manchester and Phuket after the successful booking start to its Gatwick services to the Thailand resort, Travel Daily has learned.
Garry Wilson, TUI’s managing director of purchasing told Travel Daily the company has already seen 7,000 bookings for the first year of the London Gatwick to Phuket route, which will launch November this year using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
“We always look for multiple departure points and the next obvious choice would be Manchester,” Wilson told Travel Daily at TUI’s press conference in Bangkok earlier today.
TUI is aiming to drive more business to Thailand this year with the new flights, which will also see Phuket connected to Stockholm and Copenhagen.
“We are very excited by the opportunities we have in bringing more guests to Thailand,” Peter Long, CEO of TUI said at the conference, adding that as a destination, Thailand offers broad appeal “to couples, groups and families alike”.