TUI to offer train tickets instead of short-haul flights to 6 cities, from the Netherlands
Holiday company TUI will replace plane seats with train tickets on some routes from the Netherlands, in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint (while continuing to encourage more people to fly on holidays). Passengers booking Tui city breaks will be offered the chance to travel by rail from the Netherlands to six European cities – to Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna, Venice, Milan and Florence. The move will be launched by TUI’s Dutch division as part of a collaboration with train travel start-up Green City Trip. Flight tickets will still be available for those routes.
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TUI to offer train tickets instead of short-haul flights to discourage plane travel
Six routes to Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna, Venice, Milan and Florence will now be offered as rail journeys instead of plane travel for TUI customers in the Netherlands
Tui is offering rail tickets as an alternative to flights
By Kelly-Ann MillsNews Reporter
4 May 2022
Holiday heavyweight TUI is set to offer passengers rail tickets instead of plane seats in a bid to discourage short-haul air travel.
The huge travel firm, which has bases throughout Europe, is making the move in its Netherlands section of the business.
“Traveling more sustainably means offering your customers different transport options And trains are definitely part of that”, Arjan Kers, managing director of TUI Netherlands, said.
“Where the train can be an equivalent replacement for the airplane, we will gladly put this in the spotlight.
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“And even where it is not a replacement but a valuable addition, we want to draw attention to it,” Mr Kers added.
Six city breaks to Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna, Venice, Milan and Florence, will now offer be offered as rail journeys due to a collaboration between TUI and train travel start-up Green City Trip.
Entrepreneur Hessel Winkelman of Green City Trip added: “In the travel world you hear from everyone that it has to be more sustainable.
“Now the deed is followed by the word by the greatest.
“The train also saves on price and stress.
“Just think of those long queues and cancellations at Schiphol.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tui-offer-train-tickets-instead-26866954
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