Thomsonfly

{{Short description|Defunct charter airline of the United Kingdom (2003–2009)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox airline

| airline = Thomsonfly Limited

| logo = Thomson Fly Logo.svg

| logo_size = 200

| IATA = BY

| ICAO = TOM

| callsign = TOMSON

| parent = TUI Travel plc

| founded = {{start date|2003|12|18|df=yes}}

| commenced = {{start date|2004|03|31|df=yes}}

| ceased = {{end date|2009|05|01|df=yes}}
{{small|(merged with First Choice Airways to form Thomson Airways)}}

| headquarters = Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

| key_people = {{bulleted list|

| Chris Browne (MD)

| John Murphy (DFO)

| Dawn Wilson (Director of Ground Operations)}}

| bases = {{ubl|class=nowrap

| Belfast–International

| Birmingham

| Bournemouth

| Cardiff

| Coventry

| Doncaster/Sheffield

| East Midlands

| Glasgow

| Leeds/Bradford

| Liverpool

| London–Gatwick

| London–Luton

| London–Stansted

| Manchester

| Newcastle upon Tyne}}

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| website = {{URL|www.thomson.co.uk}}

| image = Thomsonfly GLA.jpg

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Thomsonfly Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline. Thomsonfly was the first stage of TUI AG's plans to expand its business within TUI UK prior to September 2007. After TUI UK merged with First Choice Holidays in September 2007, it became part of TUI Travel PLC. The new holiday company continued with both in-house airlines (Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways) through winter 2007 and summer 2008 until the two were merged on 1 November 2008 as Thomson Airways.

Thomsonfly Limited held a Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.[http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?categoryid=183&pagetype=90&pageid=340 CAA operating licence]

History

As part of a wider reorganisation of TUI's UK operations in September 2004, it was announced that Britannia would be rebranded as Thomsonfly.{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/axe-falls-as-britannia-parent-tui-restructures-188334/|title=Axe falls as Britannia parent TUI restructures|date=5 October 2004|publisher=Flight Global|accessdate=22 September 2019}} Thomsonfly Limited changed its name to Thomson Airways in October 2008.[http://news.travelcounsellors.co.uk/New_Thomson_Airways_brand_launched_18644154.html New Thomson Airways brand launched] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710020148/http://news.travelcounsellors.co.uk/New_Thomson_Airways_brand_launched_18644154.html |date=10 July 2008 }}

Fleet

File:thomsonfly b757-200 g-byap arp.jpg landing at Bristol Airport, England (2007)]]

In October 2008, Thomsonfly operated an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:[http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=summary&owner=thomsonfly&pageIndex=1 CAA Aircraft Register]

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|+ Thomsonfly fleet

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!Aircraft

!Total

!Passengers[http://www.thomsonfly.com/en/company_1331.html Thomsonfly Fleet]

!Routes

Boeing 737-300

|align=center|11

|148

|Short and medium haul

Boeing 737-500

|align=center|4

|131

|Short haul

Boeing 737-800

|align=center|16

|189

|Short and medium haul

Boeing 757-200

|align=center|20

|235

|Short and medium haul

Boeing 767-200ER

|align=center|4

|290

|Short, medium and long haul

Boeing 767-300ER

|align=center|9

|283/328

|Short, medium and long haul

Total

!64

|

|

Statistics

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style="width:75px"|style="width:100px"|Number of passengersNumber of passengers uplifted on both scheduled and non-scheduled flights.style="width:100px"| Number of flightsNumber of flights represents total flights during that year.style="width:100px"| Load factorLoad factor represents number of seat-km used as a proportion of number of seat-km available.
2005

|9,505,928 || 52,461 || 80.1%

2006

|9,617,416 || 54,063 || 82.6%

2007

|9,444,973 || 54,515 || 84.6%

colspan=5 align="right"| Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority [http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=80&pagetype=88&pageid=1&sglid=1]

See also

References

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