TUI Group orders 787-9 and modifies remaining 787 order

TUI Group has placed a firm order for a single Boeing 787-9, plus one option, and has switched two of its smaller 787-8s already on order for the larger variant.

Boeing said the order was valued at $257 million at current list prices. Following the changes, TUI Group will operate a fleet of 13 787-8s from this summer and will add the three 787-9s within the next three years.

“Adding the 787-9 to our order book enables TUI Group’s airlines to continue to develop its [sic.] long-haul network, giving access to new and exciting leisure destinations,” TUI Group managing director Aviation Henrik Homann said.

The 787-9 can hold an additional 40 passengers, compared with the 787-8, and has an additional 830-km (450-nm) range.

TUI Group is parent to six airlines—TUIfly, Thomson, TUIfly Nordic, Jetairfly, Corsair and ArkeFly—which operate 144 mid- and long-haul aircraft across a network of more than 180 destinations.

TUI Group also has 60 737 MAXs on order.

(Victoria Moores - ATWOnline News)