TUI fly Nordic
{{Short description|Charter airline of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland}}
{{About|the Scandinavian airline|its sister companies|TUI Group#Airlines}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{infobox airline
| airline = TUI fly Nordic
| logo = TUIfly Logo 2016.svg
| logo_size = 175
| image = TUIfly Nordic, SE-RNA, Boeing 737-8 MAX (42435279904) (2).jpg
| IATA = 6B
| ICAO = BLX
| callsign = BLUESCAN
| aoc =
| bases = {{ubl|class=nowrap
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| headquarters = Stockholm, Sweden
| frequent_flyer =
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| fleet_size = 4
| destinations = 21
| parent = TUI Group
| num_employees = 650
| alt =
| founded = {{start date and age|1996|12||df=yes}}
{{small|(as Blue Scandinavia)}}
| commenced = {{start date and age|2006|05||df=yes}}
{{small|(as TUI fly Nordic)}}
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| website = {{ubl|class=nowrap
| {{URL|www.tui.dk}}
| {{URL|www.tui.no}}
| {{URL|www.tui.se}}
| {{URL|www.tui.fi}}}}
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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.
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 renamed Britannia Nordic. After Preussag (TUI) acquired the Thomson Group in 2000 the airline was renamed TUI fly Nordic in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.wanderlustingk.com/travel-blog/tui-airlines-review|title=TUI Airlines Review|date=November 2018 |publisher=Wanderlusting|access-date=22 September 2019}}
In 2015 the TUI Group announced that all five of its airline subsidiaries would be renamed TUI Airlines, whilst keeping their separate Air Operators Certificates, taking about three years to complete. As of 2017, most aircraft had been repainted and rebranded with the new "Dynamic Wave" livery and name.{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/40752-arke-fly-kicks-off-tui-group-rebranding-exercise|title=Arke Fly kicks off TUI Group rebranding exercise|date=8 October 2015|publisher=CH Aviation|access-date=22 September 2019}}
TUI Group has 70 737 MAXs on order for the group.[http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=737&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=737&ViewReportF=View+Report Boeing 737 Orders & Deliveries] The order consists of 20 MAX 10 aircraft,[https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-leisure-group-tui-converts-18-orders-to-737-438384/ PARIS: Leisure group TUI converts 18 orders to 737 Max 10] with the remaining variants unspecified as of June 2017. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://johnsairlineblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/john-murphys-blog-july-2017/|title=John Murphy's blog – July 2017|date=18 July 2017}}
Destinations
File:Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar, Blue Scandinavia JP5955232.jpg parked at Faro Airport in 1997]]
File:Boeing 757-236, Britannia Airways AN0184351.jpg taxiing at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 1999]]
{{As of|2024|10}}, TUI fly Nordic flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:{{cite web|url=https://www.tui.no/bestill-fly/|title=Only Flight|publisher=tui.no}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tui.se/hitta-din-resa/|title=Only Flight|publisher=tui.se}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tui.dk/find-din-rejse/|title=Only Flight|publisher=tui.dk}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tui.fi/hae-matka/|title=Only Flight|publisher=tui.fi}}
Fleet
=Current fleet=
File:SE-RFZ TUIfly Nordic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.jpg]]
{{As of|2024|11}}, TUI fly Nordic operates an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/64766-swedens-tui-fly-nordic-adds-maiden-b737-max-8|title=Sweden's TUI fly Nordic adds maiden B737 MAX 8}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"
|+ TUI fly Nordic fleet |
| rowspan=2|Aircraft
!rowspan=2|In service !rowspan=2|Orders !colspan=3|Passengers !rowspan=2|Notes |
|---|
| P
!Y !Total |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8
|3 |— |— |189 |189 | |
| Boeing 787-9
|1 |— |63 |282 |345 | |
| Total
!4 !— !colspan=4| |
=Former fleet=
File:TUIfly_Nordic_Boeing_757-200_Simon.jpg in 2009]]
In the past, TUI fly Nordic (and its predecessor Blue Scandinavia) previously operated the following aircraft:{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"
|+ TUI fly Nordic former fleet |
| Aircraft
!Total !Introduced !Retired !Notes |
|---|
| Boeing 737-800
|18 |1998 |2021 |
| rowspan=2|Boeing 757-200
|4 |1998 |2002 | |
| 5
|2005 |2011 | |
| rowspan=2|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
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External links
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- {{official website|http://www.tuiflynordic.se/}}
- [http://www.tui-airlines.com/ TUI Airlines Group]
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