Tui Reports 10% UK Booking Revenue Drop as Iran War Cuts Profit by €40 Million

2 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 13

UK summer booking revenue at Tui has fallen 10%, prompting the travel group to cut seats bought from airline partners by 4-5% while keeping its own flight programme unchanged.
The pullback reflects war-driven caution among customers, with Tui also seeing demand shift from the Eastern to the Western Mediterranean and bookings move closer to departure dates.
€40 million of first-quarter profit was wiped out by the US-Israel war with Iran through repatriation, welfare costs and lost income, although Tui's underlying EBIT loss improved to €188 million from €207 million a year earlier.
Jet fuel prices have risen after the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but Tui's chief executive said he does not expect fuel shortages in the coming weeks even as travelers remain hesitant.

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