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Daniel Morrow

TUI in food and drink shortage warning to holidaymakers on board flights

TUI has warned travellers of food shortages impacting flights leaving from Scottish airports.

The airline confirmed that the supplies of food and drinks on board flights may be limited on short and mid-haul flights.

This has been caused by ongoing staff shortages at TUI’s catering supplier.

Passengers have been reminded to bring their own food and drink on board when possible - but travellers remain banned from drinking their own alcoholic beverages.

Anyone booked on long haul flights to the likes of Costa Rica, Mexico and Orlando will not be affected.

TUI said that it is "monitoring the situation" to ensure that the disruption to customers is minimised.

Scots holidaymakers leaving from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports are expected to be impacted by the food shortages.

A spokesperson for TUI said: "We can confirm that unfortunately due to staff shortages with our catering supplier, there may be limited food and drinks services 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.

“Please note this 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.

“Please be assured we are continuously monitoring the situation and working closely with our suppliers to limit the impact to the onboard service for our customers. We are directly contacting all customers impacted.

“We’re very sorry for any inconvenience caused.”

Millions of people across the UK are expected to jet off abroad this summer in a bid to catch up on missed holidays during the Covid pandemic.

The Passport Office said that it has seen ‘unprecedented demand’ for travel documents in recent weeks.

Figures released by the body say that it had processed more than one million passport applications in March - which is the highest monthly output on record.

It is expected that 9.5 million British passport applications will be sent through in 2022.

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