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.
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| Founded | December 1996 (as Blue Scandinavia) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | May 2006 (as TUI fly Nordic) | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 21 | ||||||
| Parent company | TUI Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||
| Employees | 650 | ||||||
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History
editThe 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 to Blue Scandinavia. Following the acquisition of Fritidsresor by Thomson in 1998 the airline was rebranded as Britannia Nordic. 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 had been repainted and rebranded with the new "Dynamic Wave" livery and name.[2]
TUI Group has 70 737 MAXs on order for the group.[3] The order consists of 20 MAX 10 aircraft,[4] with the remaining variants unspecified as of June 2017.[4][3] 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.[5]
Destinations
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As of October 2024[update], TUI fly Nordic flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:[6][7][8][9]
Fleet
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Current fleet
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As of October 2024[update], TUI fly Nordic operates an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:[14]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| P | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 3 | — | — | 189 | 189 | |
| Boeing 787-9 | 1 | — | 63 | 282 | 345 | |
| Total | 4 | — | ||||
Former fleet
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In the past, TUI fly Nordic (and its predecessor Blue Scandinavia) previously operated the following aircraft:[15]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 18 | 1998 | 2021 | [16] |
| Boeing 757-200 | 4 | 1998 | 2002 | |
| 5 | 2005 | 2011 | ||
| Boeing 767-300ER | 3 | 1999 | 2002 | |
| 3 | 2008 | 2021 | ||
| Lockheed L-1011 TriStar | 2 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 3 | 1996 | 1998 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "TUI Airlines Review". Wanderlusting. November 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Arke Fly kicks off TUI Group rebranding exercise". CH Aviation. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ a b Boeing 737 Orders & Deliveries
- ^ a b PARIS: Leisure group TUI converts 18 orders to 737 Max 10
- ^ "John Murphy's blog – July 2017". 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Only Flight". tui.no.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Only Flight". tui.se.
- ^ a b "Only Flight". tui.dk.
- ^ a b "Only Flight". tui.fi.
- ^ "TUIfly Nordic Adds Stockholm – Punta Cana Service in NW24".
- ^ "Only Flight". tui.no.
- ^ Liu, Jim (3 January 2020). "TUIfly Nordic outlines Norrkoping network in S20". routesonline.com.
- ^ "TUI lanserar sju nya flyglinjer till Scandinavian Mountains Airport Sälen-Trysil". Mynewsdesk. 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Sweden's TUI fly Nordic adds maiden B737 MAX 8".
- ^ "Blue Scandinavia Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "TUI fly Nordic retires last B737-800". Ch-Aviation. 1 December 2021.
External links
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Media related to TUIfly Nordic at Wikimedia Commons
