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Posted on February 21, 2025
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TUI plans to use partner airlines like Ryanair to handle high demand, keeping its own airline schedule conservative amid supply chain challenges.
LONDON (Reuters) - The boss of Europe's largest tour operator, TUI, said on Friday it would use partner airlines like Ryanair to carry passengers when it is facing strong demand, enabling it to remain conservative on its own airline schedule.
Despite continuing post-pandemic demand for travel, a number of airlines have had to limit capacity growth targets because of delivery delays from plane makers, which are still grappling with supply-chain challenges.
"If you look at the package model, we are conservative in capacity, we envisaged the market would be more competitive this year," TUI CEO Sebastian Ebel told reporters in London.
"We want to sell with a good margin, at times where there is oversupply we will benefit from dynamic access to these suppliers," Ebel said.
(Reporting by Joanna Plucinska; Writing by Muvija M; Editing by Kate Holton)
The article discusses TUI's strategy to use partner airlines during periods of high demand to maintain a conservative airline schedule.
How is TUI addressing supply chain challenges? TUI is using partner airlines to mitigate the impact of delivery delays from plane makers.
Who is a partner airline for TUI? Ryanair is mentioned as a partner airline for TUI.
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