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TUI fly Nordic

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TUI fly Nordic
IATA ICAO Call sign
6B BLX BLUESCAN
FoundedDecember 1996; 27 years ago (1996-12)
(as Blue Scandinavia)
Commenced operationsMay 2006; 18 years ago (2006-05)
(as TUI fly Nordic)
Operating bases
Fleet size4
Destinations21
Parent companyTUI Group
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Employees650
Website

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

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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 to Blue Scandinavia. Following the acquisition of Fritidsresor by Thomson in 1998 the airline was rebranded as Britannia Nordic. After Preussag (TUI) acquired the Thomson Group in 2000 the airline was rebranded as TUI fly Nordic in 2005.[1]

In 2015 the TUI Group announced that all five of its airline subsidiaries would be rebranded as TUI Airlines, whilst keeping their separate Air Operators Certificate, taking about three years to complete. As of 2017, most aircraft had been repainted and rebranded with the new "Dynamic Wave" livery and name.[2]

TUI Group has 70 737 MAXs on order for the group.[3] The order consists of 20 MAX 10 aircraft,[4] with the remaining variants unspecified as of June 2017.[4][3] 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.[5]

Destinations

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A former Blue Scandinavia Lockheed L-1011 TriStar parked at Faro Airport in 1997
A former Britannia Nordic Boeing 757-200 taxiing at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 1999

As of October 2024, TUI fly Nordic flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:[6][7][8][9]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Bulgaria Burgas Burgas Airport Seasonal charter
Cape Verde Boa Vista Aristides Pereira International Airport Seasonal charter
Sal Amílcar Cabral International Airport Seasonal charter
Croatia Pula Pula Airport Seasonal charter
Split Split Airport Seasonal charter
Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport Seasonal charter
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport [8]
Dominican Republic Punta Cana Punta Cana International Airport Begins 19 December 2024 [10]
Egypt Hurghada Hurghada International Airport Terminated
Marsa Alam Marsa Alam International Airport Terminated
Finland Helsinki Helsinki Airport [9]
Greece Chania Chania International Airport Seasonal charter
Corfu Corfu International Airport Terminated
Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Terminated
Karpathos Karpathos Island National Airport
Kos Kos International Airport Seasonal charter
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal charter
Samos Samos International Airport Seasonal charter
Zakynthos Zakynthos International Airport Seasonal charter
Ireland Cork Cork Airport Base
Dublin Dublin Airport Base
Shannon Shannon Airport Base
Italy Alghero Alghero–Fertilia Airport Terminated
Catania Catania–Fontanarossa Airport Terminated
Mauritius Plaine Magnien Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Seasonal Charter
Norway Oslo Oslo Airport, Gardermoen [11]
Spain Fuerteventura Fuerteventura Airport Terminated
Lanzarote Lanzarote Airport Seasonal charter
Las Palmas Gran Canaria Airport Charter
Mahón Menorca Airport Terminated
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport Seasonal charter
Tenerife Tenerife-South Airport Seasonal charter
Sweden Gothenburg Göteborg Landvetter Airport Base [7]
Malmö Malmö Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Norrköping Norrköping Airport [12]
Örebro Örebro Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Sälen Trysil Scandinavian Mountains Airport Terminated [13]
Stockholm Stockholm Arlanda Airport Base [7]
Umeå Umeå Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Växjö Växjö/Kronoberg Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Tanzania Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Seasonal charter [7]
Turkey Antalya Antalya Airport Seasonal charter
Dalaman Dalaman Airport Seasonal charter

Fleet

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A TUI fly Nordic Boeing 737 MAX 8

Current fleet

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A TUI Fly Nordic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

As of October 2024, TUI fly Nordic operates an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:[14]

TUI fly Nordic fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
P Y Total
Boeing 737 MAX 8 3 189 189
Boeing 787-9 1 63 282 345
Total 4

Former fleet

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A former TUI fly Nordic Boeing 757-200 in 2009

In the past, TUI fly Nordic (and its predecessor Blue Scandinavia) previously operated the following aircraft:[15]

TUI fly Nordic former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 737-800 18 1998 2021 [16]
Boeing 757-200 4 1998 2002
5 2005 2011
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

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References

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  1. ^ "TUI Airlines Review". Wanderlusting. November 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Arke Fly kicks off TUI Group rebranding exercise". CH Aviation. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b Boeing 737 Orders & Deliveries
  4. ^ a b PARIS: Leisure group TUI converts 18 orders to 737 Max 10
  5. ^ "John Murphy's blog – July 2017". 18 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Only Flight". tui.no.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Only Flight". tui.se.
  8. ^ a b "Only Flight". tui.dk.
  9. ^ a b "Only Flight". tui.fi.
  10. ^ "TUIfly Nordic Adds Stockholm – Punta Cana Service in NW24".
  11. ^ "Only Flight". tui.no.
  12. ^ Liu, Jim (3 January 2020). "TUIfly Nordic outlines Norrkoping network in S20". routesonline.com.
  13. ^ "TUI lanserar sju nya flyglinjer till Scandinavian Mountains Airport Sälen-Trysil". Mynewsdesk. 21 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Sweden's TUI fly Nordic adds maiden B737 MAX 8".
  15. ^ "Blue Scandinavia Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  16. ^ "TUI fly Nordic retires last B737-800". Ch-Aviation. 1 December 2021.
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