TUI fly Nordic

TUI fly Nordic is a charter airline headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and is a part of the TUI Group. It operates short, medium and long-haul flights to leisure destinations from several airports in the Nordic countries, on behalf of the tour operators TUI Danmark (Denmark), TUI Suomi (Finland), TUI Norge (Norway) and TUI Sverige (Sweden). In 2016, the airline carried approximately 1,500,000 passengers.

This article is about the Scandinavian airline. For its sister companies, see TUI AG § Airlines.
TUI fly Nordic
IATA ICAO Callsign
6B BLX BLUESCAN
FoundedNovember 2005
Operating bases
Fleet size7
Destinations21
Parent companyTUI Group
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Employees650
Websitewww.tuiflynordic.se

History

The airline was originally formed in 1985 as Transwede Airways operating both charter and scheduled flights to destinations around Europe. In 1996 the charter part of the airline was taken over by the Swedish tour operator Fritidsresor and was renamed Blue Scandinavia. Following the acquisition of Fritidsresor by Thomson in 1998 the airline was rebranded as Britannia Airways. After Preussag (TUI) acquired the Thomson Group in 2000 the airline was rebranded as TUI fly Nordic in 2005.[1]

In 2015 the TUI Group announced that all five of its airline subsidiaries would be rebranded as TUI Airlines, whilst keeping their separate Air Operators Certificate, taking about three years to complete. As of 2017, most aircraft have been repainted and rebranded with the new “Dynamic Wave” livery and name.[2]

Destinations

As of October 2020, TUI fly Nordic serves the following destinations:[3][4][5][6]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
BulgariaBurgasBurgas AirportSeasonal charter
Cape VerdeBoa VistaAristides Pereira International AirportSeasonal charter
SalAmílcar Cabral International AirportSeasonal charter
CroatiaPulaPula AirportSeasonal charter
SplitSplit AirportSeasonal charter
CyprusLarnacaLarnaca International AirportSeasonal charter
DenmarkCopenhagenCopenhagen AirportBase[5]
EgyptHurghadaHurghada International AirportTerminated
Marsa AlamMarsa Alam International AirportTerminated
FinlandHelsinkiHelsinki AirportBase[6]
GreeceChaniaChania International AirportSeasonal charter
CorfuCorfu International AirportTerminated
HeraklionHeraklion International AirportTerminated
KosKos International AirportSeasonal charter
RhodesRhodes International AirportSeasonal charter
SamosSamos International AirportSeasonal charter
ZakynthosZakynthos International AirportSeasonal charter
ItalyAlgheroAlghero-Fertilia AirportTerminated
CataniaCatania–Fontanarossa AirportTerminated
NorwayOsloOslo Airport, GardermoenBase[7]
SpainFuerteventuraFuerteventura AirportTerminated
LanzaroteLanzarote AirportSeasonal charter
Las PalmasGran Canaria AirportCharter
MahónMenorca AirportTerminated
Palma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca AirportSeasonal charter
TenerifeTenerife-South AirportSeasonal charter
SwedenGothenburgGöteborg Landvetter AirportBase[4]
MalmöMalmö AirportSeasonal charter[4]
NorrköpingNorrköping AirportBase[8]
ÖrebroÖrebro AirportSeasonal charter[4]
Sälen TrysilScandinavian Mountains AirportSeasonal charter
Begins 4 February 2021		[9]
StockholmStockholm Arlanda AirportBase[4]
UmeåUmeå AirportSeasonal charter[4]
VäxjöVäxjö/Kronoberg AirportSeasonal charter[4]
TanzaniaZanzibarAbeid Amani Karume International AirportSeasonal charter
Begins 6 November 2021		[4]
TurkeyAntalyaAntalya AirportSeasonal charter
DalamanDalaman AirportSeasonal charter

Fleet
TUI fly Nordic Boeing 737-800
TUI fly Nordic Boeing 737 MAX 8

Current fleet

As of January 2021, the TUI fly Nordic fleet consists of the following aircraft:[10][11]

TUI fly Nordic fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-800 3 — 189
Boeing 737 MAX 8 2 3[12] 189 All aircraft stored due to international groundings.
Boeing 767-300ER 2 — 328
Total 7 3

Fleet development

TUI Group has 70 737 MAXs on order for the group.[13] The order consists of 20 MAX 10 aircraft,[14] with the remaining variants unspecified as of June 2017.[14][13] These will be used for both replacement of older aircraft and further expansion. TUI fly Nordic was scheduled to receive its first of five Boeing 737 MAX 8 in February 2018.[15]

Former Fleet

TUI fly Nordic formerly operated the following aircraft:

TUI fly Nordic former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 757-200 4 2006 2011

References
  1. "TUI Airlines Review". Wanderlusting. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. "Arke Fly kicks off TUI Group rebranding exercise". CH Aviation. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. "Only Flight". tui.no.
  4. "Only Flight". tui.se.
  5. "Only Flight". tui.dk.
  6. "Only Flight". tui.fi.
  7. "Only Flight". tui.no.
  8. Liu, Jim (3 January 2020). "TUIfly Nordic outlines Norrkoping network in S20". routesonline.com.
  9. "TUI lanserar sju nya flyglinjer till Scandinavian Mountains Airport Sälen-Trysil". Mynewsdesk. 21 October 2020.
  10. "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 17.
  11. "TUIfly Nordic Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  12. "Sweden's TUI fly Nordic adds maiden B737 MAX 8".
  13. Boeing 737 Orders & Deliveries
  14. PARIS: Leisure group TUI converts 18 orders to 737 Max 10
  15. "John Murphy's blog – July 2017". 18 July 2017.

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