Tour Operator TUI Austria Expects Strong Summer Season 2025

Bookings have started early and intensively, as announced at the press conference for the opening of the holiday fair in Vienna. The flight capacities of the German TUI subsidiary in Austria are increasing by about 20% compared to the previous year. Over 300 departures are planned weekly.

TUI Austria Confident for Summer Season 2025

"Tourism is internationally resistant to the weakening economy," said TUI Austria CEO Gottfried Math. "Experiences seem to be more important to people than ever." This is also shown by the booking numbers in the current winter season on medium and long-haul routes of the tour operator giant with "top increases".

"We are in the middle of the high booking phase for summer 2025," Math explained. "We are very confident about the upcoming season." He spoke of significant booking increases "in the double-digit percentage range". In this context, domestic TUI bookers would invest about five percent more per holiday than for the previous summer. This is not only due to inflation, but also to the booking of additional services. Luxury is generally trending. The booking increase in this area is disproportionately high.

Increase in Flight Capacities in Austria

The flight capacities from Austria are specifically increasing by 18 percent. This summer, there will be up to 300 departures per week from Austria with twelve carriers to 35 destination airports in nine countries. More than a third of these flight routes lead to Greece, the most popular travel country of the tour operator. This is followed by Turkey with around 80 flights per week and Spain with about 50.

"Growth drivers" are own hotel brands, Math said about the TUI Group as the "leading holiday hotelier in Europe". In the medium term, 600 houses are planned worldwide. Currently, there are about 400, 70 new projects have already been signed and more are expected in the spring.

At the end of the press conference, which took place shortly before the opening of the holiday fair in Vienna, numerous visitors were already waiting at the entrance. They can visit 430 national and international exhibitors in two exhibition halls. The partner country this year is Slovenia. In parallel, the Vienna Drive, a mobility fair, is taking place in another exhibition hall.

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