TUI Fly plans to increase its flight programme from Belgium next summer, 2027, with more services to a number of existing holiday destinations and several potential new routes. The airline says Belgium will benefit from a wider European reshuffle designed to make more efficient use of its aircraft.
“Belgium is benefiting from smarter network opportunities,” TUI said in a statement. The airline plans to increase capacity to destinations including Spain with Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, and Reus (in Catalonia). Greece with destinations Crete, Kos, and Rhodes will also see more flights, alongside Madeira (Portugal) and the Morocco with Marrakesh and Agadir.
TUI is also considering new routes from Belgium to Billund in Denmark, Ljubljana in Slovenia, and Essaouira and Fez in Morocco.
All of these services would operate from Brussels Airport. TUI announced earlier this year that it would end its operations at the regional airports of Antwerp and Liège.
“Better planning, greater flexibility and a more coordinated deployment of capacity enable the airline to expand its offering from Belgium and respond more effectively to changing customer demand,” TUI said.
“The expanded and adjusted programme underlines the importance of Belgium within TUI Airline’s European network and supports the airline’s ambition to grow sustainably while offering travellers greater choice and flexibility.”
European network reshuffle
The Belgian expansion is part of TUI Airline’s summer 2027 programme, which brings together the group’s aviation operations across Europe. TUI plans to offer 17 million seats on 84,000 flights across its European network next summer, representing a 4.6% increase in capacity compared with summer 2026.
The programme includes 25 new routes, adding around 640,000 seats.
TUI has adjusted around one-third of its routes, changing capacity, frequencies or aircraft deployment. Aircraft will be shifted away from markets where demand is weaker towards destinations where the group sees greater potential for growth. TUI says making better use of its fleet will help support the overall increase in capacity.
For the first time, TUI is bringing together demand from its own tour operators, external partners and customers buying flights separately within a single commercial framework.
“That has enabled us to build a stronger and more efficient network,” said Peter Glade, TUI’s chief commercial officer. He added that TUI’s own tour operators would remain central to the strategy, while the new routes would primarily target customers booking flights without a package holiday. Most of the new services will operate two or three times a week.
The airline is also expanding its offer in neighbouring countries. From Amsterdam in the Netherlands, TUI will introduce twice-weekly flights to Kilimanjaro in Kenya using a Boeing 787, combined with Zanzibar in Tanzania. Düsseldorf in Germany will gain two direct weekly flights to Curaçao, also operated by a Boeing 787.
Amsterdam will also become the first TUI base for the Boeing 737-10. Subject to certification, TUI expects to introduce the aircraft during the second quarter of 2027. The Dutch operation will then replace six Boeing 737-8s with seven larger 737-10s, which offer around 15% more seats per aircraft.