TUI fly Nordic

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TUI fly Nordic
TUIfly Logo 2016.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
6BBLXBLUESCAN
FoundedDecember 1996;27 years ago (1996-12)
(as Blue Scandinavia)
Commenced operationsMay 2006;17 years ago (2006-05)
(as TUI fly Nordic)
Operating bases
Fleet size4
Destinations21
Parent company TUI Group
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Employees650
Website www.tui.dk
www.tui.no
www.tui.se
www.tui.fi

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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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 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 have 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

A former Blue Scandinavia Lockheed L-1011 TriStar parked at Faro Airport in 1997 Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar, Blue Scandinavia JP5955232.jpg
A former Blue Scandinavia Lockheed L-1011 TriStar parked at Faro Airport in 1997
A former Britannia Nordic Boeing 757-200 taxiing at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 1999 Boeing 757-236, Britannia Airways AN0184351.jpg
A former Britannia Nordic Boeing 757-200 taxiing at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 1999

As of October 2020, TUI fly Nordic serves the following destinations: [6] [7] [8] [9]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Burgas Burgas Airport Seasonal charter
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Boa Vista Aristides Pereira International Airport Seasonal charter
Sal Amílcar Cabral International Airport Seasonal charter
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Pula Pula Airport Seasonal charter
Split Split Airport Seasonal charter
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport Seasonal charter
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport [8]
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Hurghada Hurghada International Airport Terminated
Marsa Alam Marsa Alam International Airport Terminated
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helsinki Helsinki Airport [9]
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Chania Chania International Airport Seasonal charter
Corfu Corfu International Airport Terminated
Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Terminated
Karpathos Karpathos Island National Airport Begins 15 May 2023
Kos Kos International Airport Seasonal charter
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal charter
Samos Samos International Airport Seasonal charter
Zakynthos Zakynthos International Airport Seasonal charter
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alghero Alghero-Fertilia Airport Terminated
Catania Catania–Fontanarossa Airport Terminated
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Oslo Oslo Airport, Gardermoen [10]
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fuerteventura Fuerteventura Airport Terminated
Lanzarote Lanzarote Airport Seasonal charter
Las Palmas Gran Canaria Airport Charter
Mahón Menorca Airport Terminated
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport Seasonal charter
Tenerife Tenerife-South Airport Seasonal charter
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Gothenburg Göteborg Landvetter Airport Base [7]
Malmö Malmö Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Norrköping Norrköping Airport [11]
Örebro Örebro Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Sälen Trysil Scandinavian Mountains Airport Terminated [12]
Stockholm Stockholm Arlanda Airport Base [7]
Umeå Umeå Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Växjö Växjö/Kronoberg Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Antalya Antalya Airport Seasonal charter
Dalaman Dalaman Airport Seasonal charter

Fleet

Current fleet

A TUI fly Nordic Boeing 737 MAX 8 TUIfly Nordic, SE-RNA, Boeing 737-8 MAX (42435279904) (2).jpg
A TUI fly Nordic Boeing 737 MAX 8

As of April 2023, the TUI fly Nordic fleet consists of the following aircraft: [13]

TUI fly Nordic fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
PYTotal
Boeing 737 MAX 8 3189189 [14]
Boeing 787-9 163282345
Total4

Former fleet

A former TUI fly Nordic Boeing 757-200 in 2009. TUIfly Nordic Boeing 757-200 Simon.jpg
A former TUI fly Nordic Boeing 757-200 in 2009.

TUI fly Nordic formerly operated the following aircraft: [15]

TUI fly Nordic former fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Boeing 737-800 1819982021 [16]
Boeing 757-200 419982002
520052011
Boeing 767-300ER 319992002
320082021
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 219961997
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 319961998

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