Jetairfly

Not to be confused with Jet Air, Jet Airways, or Jetair (Germany).

Jetairfly

IATA TB ICAO JAF Callsign BEAUTY
Founded	2003 (as TUI Airlines Belgium)
Hubs	Brussels Airport
Alliance	TUI Airlines
Fleet size	16 (+1 on order)
Destinations	84
Parent company	TUI Airlines (TUI Travel PLC)
Headquarters	Ostend, Belgium
Key people	Elie Bruyninckx (President)
Website	www.jetairfly.com

A Jetairfly Boeing 737-800 landing at Brussels Airport, Belgium. (2008)

Boeing 737-800 OO-JAH, landing at Brussels Airport. (2011)

Jetairfly is a Belgian airline with its headquarters in Ostend, Belgium and its centre of flight operations in Zaventem, Belgium.^[1] It operates scheduled passenger flights. Formerly known as TUI Airlines Belgium, it adopted its new name in November 2005.

Jetairfly is a part of the largest leisure fleet in Europe: together with seven other airlines which are linked together by the virtual alliance TUI Airlines, which is a part of the TUI Travel PLC Group, the largest tourism group in the world. TUI Airlines groups Jetairfly, Arkefly (The Netherlands), Corsairfly (France), TUIfly (Germany), Thomson Airways (United Kingdom), TUIfly Nordic (Sweden) and Jet4you (Morocco) with a fleet of more than hundred aircraft.

Since March 2004, Jetairfly has operated to more than 80 airports in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Canary Islands, Africa and Asia. The airline's home base is Brussels Airport, but flights are also operated from Liege Airport, Ostend-Bruges International Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport. The airline carries hundreds of thousands of passengers annually and is the second largest airline in Belgium.

History

TUI Airlines Belgium was created in November 2003 as home carrier for tour operator Jetair, part of tourism group TUI AG. The original plans were to operate two aircraft, but after charter company Sobelair (home carrier for Jetair) ceased its operations, Jetairfly started its operations with 5 aircraft.

On 23 November 2005, Jetairfly acquired its current name, as part of the rebranding around Belgium's number 1 tourism brand Jetair.

Since October 2009, the Boeing 767-300ER, were revealed in a new livery. The name 'Jetairfly' has been removed and replaced with 'operated by TUI Airlines Belgium'.^[2] The livery is adapted because both Boeing 767-300ER aircraft are also operating long-haul flights for other Belgian tour operators.

Service

On short-and medium haul flights, the airline offers three kinds of services:

• Economy, offering full economy service with catering.
• Buy on board, the cheapest option, offering snacks and drinks for purchase.
• Service Plus/VIP Selection, offering premium meals, free champagne and alcohol, newspapers. At Brussels airport access to the VIP-lounge, separate check-in and security fast lane. ^[3]

On long-haul flights, the airline offers two kinds of services:

• Economy Class.
• Comfort class, comparable with Service plus/VIP Selection but offering more service, legroom, personal in-flight entertainment, amenity kits, etc.

Destinations

Main article: Jetairfly destinations

Fleet

The Jetairfly fleet includes the following aircraft (at 25 June 2011):^[4][5][6]

Jetairfly Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Boeing 737-700	4	0	149
Boeing 737-800	8	0	189
Boeing 767-300ER	2	0	257
Boeing 787-8	0	1	TBA	Entry into service: 2013[7]
Total	15	1

References

1. ^ "TUIfly Academy Brussels." Jetairfly. Retrieved on 23 October 2009.
2. ^ TUI Belgium winter livery
3. ^ "[1]."Flightlevel. Retrieved May 31, 2011.(dutch)
4. ^ Jetairfly Fleet
5. ^ Jetairfly: Jetairfly Inflight Magazine nr. 6 Spring/Summer 2010, page 26, 2010.
6. ^ Meeussen, Guido (March 27, 2010). "Eten van twee walletjes, Elie Bruyninckx".De Tijd,P.6.(Dutch)
7. ^ "Boeing Announces Contracts for 11 787 Dreamliners and 50 Next-Generation 737s with TUI Group", PR-Inside.com, 16 May 2007.

External links

• Jetairfly website
• TUI Airlines Group
• Jetairfly Fleet
• Jetairfly aircraft photos
• Vuelos baratos Jetairfly