TUIfly Nordic

TUIfly Nordic
IATA ICAO Callsign
6B BLX TUISCAN
Founded 1985 (as Transwede)
Hubs
Alliance TUI Airlines
Fleet size 6
Destinations 23
Parent company TUI Group
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Website www.tuiflynordic.se

TUIfly Nordic AB (formerly known as Britannia Nordic and Transwede) is a charter airline based in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] It operates holiday charter flights from airports in Scandinavia and Finland to fly holidaymakers for the tour operators Star Tour (Denmark), TUI (Norway and Sweden) and Finnmatkat (Finland).

History

The airline was originally formed in 1985 to handle the charter operations of Transwede Airways. In 1996, the charter part of the airline was taken over by Swedish tour operator Fritidsresor and renamed Blue Scandinavia. When Britannia Airways took control in 1998 following the acquisition of Fritidsresor by Thomson, the airline was renamed Britannia AB and later rebranded as Britannia Nordic. In 2000 Preussag (today TUI AG) acquired the Thomson Group.

In November 2005, the airline was rebranded as Thomsonfly and on 1 May 2006 as TUIfly Nordic due to the new marketing strategy of the TUI Group.

On 13 May 2015, it was announced by the TUI Group that all five of TUI's airline subsidiaries will be named TUI Airlines, whilst keeping their separate Air Operators Certificate, taking over three years to complete. The name change for TUIfly Nordic is scheduled to be completed around 2016. From May 2016 TUI Nordic will change its callsign to TUISCAN keeping in line with the other TUI Airlines[2]

Destinations

Africa

Cape Verde

Europe

Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Greece
Finland
Italy
Mexico
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden

Asia

Thailand
Turkey

Fleet

TUIfly Nordic Boeing 767-300ER

    The TUIfly Nordic fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[3]

    TUIfly Nordic fleet
    Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
    P E Total
    Boeing 737-800 5 — — 189 189
    Boeing 767-300ER 1 — 31 260 291
    Total 6 —

    References

    1. ↑ "Fakta om TUIfly Nordic" (in Swedish). TUIfly Nordic. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
    2. ↑ TUI Rebrand
    3. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.

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