TUI to scrap flights to three popular holiday hotspots this year

THREE popular winter sun destinations will no longer have flights with TUI Airways.

The tour operator is scrapping flights from the UK to Costa Rica, St Lucia and Orlando.

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The London Gatwick to Costa Rica route will be scrapped from April, according to Travel Gossip.

Last year, around 50,000 Brits visited Costa Rica, an increase of five per cent.

The current flight, which lands at Liberia Airport, is the only direct flight option from the UK.

Having only relaunched as a winter flight route post-pandemic (despite previously offering a summer flight schedule,) Brits will have to join a connecting flight instead.

This takes the flight time from around 10 hours to 18 hours.

Or, British Airways offers direct flights during the winter season from November to March, to San Jose Airport instead.

TUI’s St Lucia flights from London…