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
FoundedDecember 1996 (1996-12) (as Blue Scandinavia)
Commenced operationsMay 2006 (2006-05) (as TUI fly Nordic)
Operating bases
Fleet size4
Destinations21
Parent companyTUI Group
Employees650

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
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]

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 Airport[8]
 EgyptHurghadaHurghada International AirportTerminated
Marsa AlamMarsa Alam International AirportTerminated
 FinlandHelsinkiHelsinki Airport[9]
 GreeceChaniaChania International AirportSeasonal charter
CorfuCorfu International AirportTerminated
HeraklionHeraklion International AirportTerminated
KarpathosKarpathos Island National AirportBegins 15 May 2023
KosKos International AirportSeasonal charter
RhodesRhodes International AirportSeasonal charter
SamosSamos International AirportSeasonal charter
ZakynthosZakynthos International AirportSeasonal charter
 ItalyAlgheroAlghero-Fertilia AirportTerminated
CataniaCatania–Fontanarossa AirportTerminated
 NorwayOsloOslo Airport, Gardermoen[10]
 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[7]
MalmöMalmö AirportSeasonal charter[7]
NorrköpingNorrköping Airport[11]
ÖrebroÖrebro AirportSeasonal charter[7]
Sälen TrysilScandinavian Mountains AirportTerminated[12]
StockholmStockholm Arlanda AirportBase[7]
UmeåUmeå AirportSeasonal charter[7]
VäxjöVäxjö/Kronoberg AirportSeasonal charter[7]
 TanzaniaZanzibarAbeid Amani Karume International AirportSeasonal charter[7]
 TurkeyAntalyaAntalya AirportSeasonal charter
DalamanDalaman AirportSeasonal charter

Fleet

Current fleet
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
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
P Y Total
Boeing 737 MAX 8 3 — — 189 189 [14]
Boeing 787-9 1 — 63 282 345
Total 4 —

Former fleet
A former TUI fly Nordic Boeing 757-200 in 2009.

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

TUI fly Nordic former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
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

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. Boeing 737 Orders & Deliveries
  4. PARIS: Leisure group TUI converts 18 orders to 737 Max 10
  5. "John Murphy's blog – July 2017". 18 July 2017.
  6. "Only Flight". tui.no.
  7. "Only Flight". tui.se.
  8. "Only Flight". tui.dk.
  9. "Only Flight". tui.fi.
  10. "Only Flight". tui.no.
  11. Liu, Jim (3 January 2020). "TUIfly Nordic outlines Norrkoping network in S20". routesonline.com.
  12. "TUI lanserar sju nya flyglinjer till Scandinavian Mountains Airport Sälen-Trysil". Mynewsdesk. 21 October 2020.
  13. "TUIfly Nordic Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  14. "Sweden's TUI fly Nordic adds maiden B737 MAX 8".
  15. "Blue Scandinavia Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  16. "TUI fly Nordic retires last B737-800". Ch-Aviation. 1 December 2021.

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