TUI in food and drink shortage warning to holidaymakers on board flights

TUI has warned travellers of meals shortages impacting flights leaving from Scottish airports.

The airline confirmed that the provides of meals and drinks on board flights is at present restricted on quick and mid-haul flights.

This has been attributable to ongoing workers shortages at TUI’s catering provider.

Passengers have been urged to convey their very own foods and drinks on board, however will stay banned from consuming their very own alcoholic drinks.

Anybody booked on lengthy haul flights to the likes of Costa Rica, Mexico and Orlando is not going to be affected.

TUI mentioned that it's "monitoring the state of affairs" to make sure that the disruption to prospects is minimised.

Scots holidaymakers leaving from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports are anticipated to be impacted by the meals shortages.

A spokesperson for TUI mentioned: "We are able to verify that sadly because of workers shortages with our catering provider, there could also be restricted meals and drinks providers accessible onboard TUI Airways short- and mid-haul flights over the approaching days.

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“Clients could subsequently need to convey their very own meals and smooth drinks onboard (no alcohol permitted). Any smooth drinks over 100ml will should be bought after you may have handed via safety.

“Please word this disruption doesn't have an effect on any long-haul flights to Aruba, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Orlando and St Lucia and meal providers on these flights will proceed to function as regular.

“Please be assured we're constantly monitoring the state of affairs and dealing intently with our suppliers to restrict the influence to the onboard service for our prospects. We're immediately contacting all prospects impacted.

“We’re very sorry for any inconvenience precipitated.”

Thousands and thousands of individuals throughout the UK are anticipated to jet off overseas this summer time in a bid to atone for missed holidays through the Covid pandemic.

The Passport Workplace mentioned that it has seen ‘unprecedented demand’ for journey paperwork in current weeks.

Figures launched by the physique say that it had processed a couple of million passport purposes in March - which is the best month-to-month output on file.

It's anticipated that 9.5 million British passport purposes might be despatched via in 2022.

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