TUI Travel confident of meeting FY expectations

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - TUI Travel (TT.L), Europe's biggest travel firm, said on Monday it is confident of meeting its expectations for the current year and 2009 and said trading in the last seven weeks has progressed as it anticipated.

The group, created last year from the tie-up of TUI AG's (TUIGn.DE) travel division and Britain's First Choice, also said Thomas Cook has withdrawn from discussions with TUI Travel and Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) in relation to a merger of its charter airline Condor with TUIfly and Germanwings. (Reporting by Matthew Scuffham)