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TUI Airways has confirmed it is cancelling flights from the UK to three popular long-haul destinations.
From spring, the travel company will stop direct flights from London Gatwick to Costa Rica and Saint Lucia. As of next winter, the direct service from Birmingham to Florida’s Melbourne Orlando International Airport will also be scrapped.
Tui has been running winter flights to Costa Rica since Covid restrictions were lifted. Around 2.5 million tourists visit the Central American country each year, 50,000 of them from the UK.
But from April, Brits will no longer be able to take a direct 10-hour flight to Costa Rica’s Liberia Airport, which provides easy access to the country’s coastal resorts.
Instead, winter sunseekers will have to book a connecting flight, increasing travel time to up to 18 hours.
The only other airline operating direct flights to Costa Rica is British…
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