TUIfly Nordic

Infobox_Airline
airline=TUIfly Nordic
logo_size=200
IATA=6B
ICAO=BLX
callsign=BLUESCAN
parent=TUI Airlines (TUI Group)
founded=1985 (as Transwede)
headquarters=
key_people=Jens Wigen
hubs=Oslo Gardermoen Airport, Landvetter International Airport, Malmö Sturup Airport, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Bergen Airport
focus_cities=
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=TUI Airlines
fleet_size=6
destinations=23
website= http://www.tuiflynordic.se/

TUIfly Nordic, formerly known as Britannia Nordic, is a charter airline based in Sweden. The name changed on May 1,2006. It operates holiday charter flights from airports in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland to fly vacation travelers for the tour operators Fritidsresor, Finnmatkat and Star Tour. They have destinations in the Canary Islands, Egypt, the Mediterranean and Thailand.

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 (later TUI) acquired the Thomson Group.

In November 2005, the airline was rebranded as Thomsonfly and in May 2006 as TUIfly Nordic due to the new marketing strategy of the TUI Group. In the case of TUIfly Nordic, sometimes the logo of 'Fritidsresor' is marked on the fuselage to indicate their role as the companies main tour operator.

Destinations

*Sweden
**Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö and sometimes other airports
*Norway
**Oslo
**Bergen and sometimes other airports
*Finland
**Helsinki
*Brazil
**Natal
*Bulgaria
**Burgas
*Cape Verde
**Sal
**Boa Vista (Start Nov 2008)
*Cyprus
**Larnaca
*Egypt
** Hurghada, Sharm-el-Sheikh
*Greece
** Chania, Rhodos, Samos
*Italy
**Sardinia, Sicily, Rome, Calabria
*Morocco
**Agadir
*Mauritius
**Mauritius
*Portugal
**Funchal, Faro
*Spain
**Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Palma de Mallorca
*Thailand
**Bangkok, Phuket
*Turkey
**Antalya, Dalaman
*United Arab Emirates
** Dubai
*Venezuela
**Isla de Margarita

Fleet

The TUIfly Nordic fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2008):

*3 Boeing 737-800
*2 Boeing 757-200
*1 Boeing 767-300

As of February 2008, the average age of the TUIfly Nordic fleet is 10 years ( [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/TUIfly%20Nordic%20AB.htm] ).

During the winter a Boeing 747-400 and two B767-300 are being added to the fleet for longhaul operations.

External links

* [http://www.tuiflynordic.se/ TUIfly Nordic]
* [http://www.tui-airlines.com/ TUI Airlines Group]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=TUF&al_op=1 TUIfly Nordic Fleet]