TUIfly Nordic

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TUIfly Nordic

IATA 6B	ICAO BLX	Callsign BLUESCAN
Founded		1985 (as Transwede)
Hubs		Oslo Gardermoen Airport, Landvetter International Airport, Malmö Sturup Airport, Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Bergen Airport
Alliance		TUI Airlines
Fleet size		7 (2006)
Destinations		23 (2006)
Parent company		TUI Airlines (TUI Group)
Headquarters		Stockholm, Sweden
Key people		Göran Gårdö
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.

[edit] 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.