TUI Cuts Check24 Ties, Confronts Fly4 Insolvency and Another Cancelled Sailing
Published on 11/12/2026 at 18:51 | Editorial boerse-global.de
TUI has pulled its products from Check24's distribution channel, sales manager Ilka Lauenroth told attendees at the Holidayland annual conference on Tuesday, according to media reports. The disclosure came during a panel discussion with the sales chiefs of Dertour and Schauinsland-Reisen that centred on the 2026 business year and bricks-and-mortar travel agency distribution — making the withdrawal a targeted move on one specific sales route rather than a broad retreat.
The distribution decision lands alongside a busier operational and legal calendar than the Hamburg-based group might have wished for. An Irish court has appointed provisional insolvency administrators to Fly4 Airlines Green, the carrier founded in 2023 as a partnership between TUI and Enter Air. Fly4 filed for provisional liquidation, media reports said. The proceedings concern the joint venture with Enter Air, not TUI itself.
Repairs Force Another "Mein Schiff 3" Cancellation
At TUI Cruises, collision repairs are dragging on longer than expected. The company cancelled the "Mein Schiff 3" voyage scheduled for 14 to 28 November, with the extended repair work cited as the reason. The ship had struck two container vessels, and the resulting damage has taken more time to fix than originally planned. Under the schedule at the time, the vessel's next regular deployment was pencilled in for 28 November.
TUI shares slipped 0.6% on the day, a move that accompanied news of the Fly4 proceedings and the cancelled cruise.
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140 Service Roles to Go
Changes are also coming to customer service. According to media reports from 2 November, 140 positions are to be cut there, affecting the German entity TUI Customer Operations among others. Staff have been offered severance packages under a voluntary programme.
On the expansion side, TUI said on Wednesday it had signed eight new hotel contracts for TUI Blue — five in Egypt and three in Europe, with the European properties located in Bulgaria, Croatia and Portugal. The group also picked up two honours at the International Customer Experience Awards on 6 November: gold for employee-driven customer experiences and silver for customer service.
Separately, the TUI Care Foundation reported on its support for small and medium-sized tourism businesses, saying it has backed more than 12,000 entrepreneurs across 1,822 tourism SMEs over the past decade.
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Guidance Points to €1.2–1.3 Billion in Adjusted EBIT
For the 2026 financial year, TUI sharpened its guidance on 22 September, forecasting adjusted EBIT of €1.2 billion to €1.3 billion. That range is a projection, not a published annual result.
Investors will get the full picture on 9 December, when TUI releases its 2026 annual figures. The annual report, an analyst conference and a balance-sheet press conference are all scheduled for the same day, putting both the hard numbers and management's explanations on the calendar together.
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