Who owns TUI Airways?
TUI Airways is owned by TUI (Germany, FWB: TUI1).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: TUI Annual Report 2025, TUI AG, 9 December 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- TUI AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Hanover
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- FWB: TUI1
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About TUI Airways
TUI Airways is the UK airline of TUI Group, one of the five airlines the group lists on its airline page. The 2025 annual report lists TUI Airways Limited of Luton, United Kingdom, as a wholly owned (100 per cent) group company, and the group says the UK, Ireland and Nordics make up its Northern Region, with a tour operator and an airline in the UK.
Ownership timeline of TUI Airways
Where TUI Airways sits in TUI
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by TUI
TUI controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; TUI has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: TUI
TUI is a publicly listed company headquartered in Hanover, Germany. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as FWB: TUI1.
TUI AG, based at Karl-Wiechert-Allee 23 in Hanover, is the listed parent of TUI Group, a tourism business with tour operators, hotels, cruise lines and airlines. Its shares have their primary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. TUI Group's own airline page says it has five airlines flying 125 aircraft: TUI Airways, TUI fly, TUI fly Belgium, TUI fly Netherlands and TUI fly Nordic, which are being brought under one leadership team as "One TUI Airline".
🇬🇧 TUI Airways and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, TUI Airways among them.
- Air Partner — Wheels Up 🇺🇸
- Alphabet — BMW Group 🇩🇪
- Arriva UK Bus — Arriva 🇬🇧
- Avanti West Coast — FirstGroup 🇬🇧
- BA CityFlyer — IAG 🇬🇧
- Birmingham Airport — Birmingham Airport Holdings 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of TUI Airways?
The parent company of TUI Airways is TUI, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is TUI Airways British or German?
TUI Airways originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by TUI, which is headquartered in Germany. So TUI Airways is a British-origin brand under German ownership.
Is TUI Airways still owned by TUI?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, TUI Airways is still owned by TUI. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] TUI Annual Report 2025 — TUI AG, Annual report, published 9 December 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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