Passengers travelling from Manchester Airport with TUI have been warned about a change to food and drink services which will be provided on flights.
In an update on their website, the travel operator said a change to their services mean they currently cannot serve hot and cold meals or sandwiches. In addition to this, the snacks and drinks they serve will be "limited" on board their short and mid-haul flights.
The company issued a statement on May 5 confirming this was due to "staff shortages" which would take place over the coming days and in total affects 15 airports - including Manchester and other airports in the North of England.
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TUI explained: "We can confirm that unfortunately due to staff shortages with our catering supplier, there will be no hot and cold meals or sandwiches, and a limited offering of snacks and drinks, available onboard TUI Airways short- and mid-haul flights over the coming days.
"Customers may therefore want to bring their own food and soft drinks onboard (no alcohol permitted). Any soft drinks over 100ml will need to be purchased after you have passed through security."
They added that the disruption does not affect any long-haul flights to Aruba, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Orlando and St Lucia and meal services on these flights will "continue to operate as normal."
They stressed to passengers that they are "continuously monitoring the situation" and "working closely" with their suppliers in a bid to limit the impact to their onboard services. All customers affected will be directly contacted with the company apologising for any inconvenience caused.
This will impact flights from the following airports:
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Cardiff
- Doncaster Sheffield
- Dublin
- East Midlands
- Edinburgh
- Exeter
- Glasgow
- Humberside
- Leeds Bradford
- Luton
- Manchester
- Norwich
- Teesside
