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TUI Airways

Everything on this page comes from an employer profile a person verified against the sources listed at the bottom, on 15 August 2026. Hiring processes change, and a profile is only as current as its last check.

The operator

TUI Airways is the UK and Ireland leisure airline of TUI Group, flying Boeing 737 and 787 aircraft on holiday routes from UK bases. It recruits type-rated and non-type-rated first officers directly, alongside cadet and MPL routes run across the wider TUI Group AOCs.

How to use this

Do not learn these facts. Nobody is impressed by a candidate who can recite a fleet list, and "what do you know about us" is not a memory test. It is a question about why you applied here rather than somewhere else.

  • Pick two facts here that actually matter to you, and write one sentence each on why they do. The network, a base you could live at, the type, the shape of the first year.
  • Connect each one to something you have done. A fact plus a reason plus your own experience is an answer. A fact on its own is a recital.
  • Check the sources at the bottom of this page before you rely on any of it out loud, and check TUI Airways's own careers pages too. Profiles go out of date between verifications.
  • Then say it out loud in the airline interview room, where it is marked on how the answer is built rather than on how much you knew.

How they hire

  1. 1

    Psychometric Assessments

    First stage of the recruitment process.

  2. 2

    Assessment Centre

    In-person assessment stage.

  3. 3

    Simulator Assessment

    Sim-based assessment stage.

  4. 4

    Talent Pool

    Successful candidates can be placed in a talent pool for up to 12 months.

The sim assessment

A simulator assessment stage is part of the process; no further detail on the exercise is stated.

How a sim assessment day generally works

Fleet

  • Boeing 737 family
  • Boeing 787

Bases

  • London Gatwick (LGW)

Sources

SkyStudy is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by TUI Airways. The operator is named factually, from published sources. Nothing here predicts what TUI Airways will ask, whether they are hiring, or how any application will go.