The first long haul holiday flights to Florida from Yorkshire are being introduced by Tui UK for summer 2019 as part of an extended regional flying programme.
Tui will be the only airline flying long haul from Doncaster Sheffield airport next summer with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner service to Sanford for access to Orlando.
The rising popularity of Croatia, the value of Greece and the resurgence of Turkey and Egypt are reflected in the programme.
Flights and holidays to Pula in Croatia, Hurghada, Egypt; Kos, Greece and Bodrum in Turkey have been added to the programme from Doncaster Sheffield and are unique to Tui for next summer.
Total capacity from the airport is being raised by 110,000 seats, with Doncaster Sheffield seeing a 15% share of Tui’s overall passenger growth for summer 2019.
More flights to Alicante in Spain and 10 and 11 night holiday options to Zante, Antalya and Rhodes have been added.
Thousands of free child places will be available across all TUI and First Choice holidays with £50 per person deposits for short and mid haul and £125pp long haul.
Summer 2019 holidays will be on sale from April 5.
Tui UK’s commercial director Richard Sofer said: “Summer 2019 is the most ambitious programme we have ever introduced.
“We are focusing firmly on expanding access to our amazing range of holidays through an extended regional flying programming concentrated on the core destinations holidaymakers want to travel to, while offering the flexibility of holiday duration they want.
“We’ve increased our capacity by basing an additional aircraft in Doncaster Sheffield, adding 110,000 additional seats and introducing five new routes from Doncaster Sheffield airport for summer 2019.
“We are also giving customers even more opportunity when booking their summer holidays with the new addition of long haul flying and more 10 and 11 night holiday options.”
The airport’s aviation development director Chris Harcombe added: “TUI is more than an airline to DSA, it is our founding partner. Adding long haul and further new routes is the next logical step to reward their many loyal customers with even more choice from DSA.
“Coming off the back of our Vision and Masterplan launches showing the true scale of what DSA can achieve, this news is a clear forward step and backing of what we want to achieve.”
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