| Launch date | Summer 2001 |
|---|---|
| Full members | 7 |
| Pending members | 0 |
| Annual passengers (M) | >7 |
| Fleet size | 155 |
| Management | Dr. Michael Frenzel (CEO of parent company) |
| Alliance slogan | What can we do for you? |
| Headquarters | Crawley, England, UK |
| Website | www.tuifly.com |
TUI Airline Management is the fifth largest European air carrier and with 155 aircraft has the largest leisure fleet of aircraft in Europe. Its parent company TUI Travel PLC is the largest tourism group in Europe. The members of TUI Airlines operate scheduled flights as well as charter flights to more than 150 destinations worldwide departing from more than 60 airports in 9 European countries.
The name TUIfly and the actual alliance were created in November 2005 to carry out the new marketing strategy of the TUI Group, organizing the activities of all member airlines under a single name. As a result, all member airlines were rebranded with the name best known in their local market or the name of the principal tour operator. All member airlines, with the exception of Aladia (now-defunct mexican carrier), Jet4you, and Thomson Airways, acquired the suffix "-fly" and had their aircraft repainted in the light blue TUI colours with a red TUI logo on the tail.
TUI Airlines carries millions of vacation travelers and business passengers every year. In 2005 it had a passenger volume of 25 million and employed more than 8,200 people.
More detailed descriptions of every airline can be found on their respective page.
| Airline | Country | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkefly | The Netherlands | Since 2005 Arkefly has operated charter flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to destinations in Southern Europe, North Africa, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, and Latin America. | |
| Corsairfly | France | Corsairfly flies to more than 50 destinations in French overseas territories around the Mediterranean, Thailand, North Africa, and North America. | |
| Jetairfly | Belgium | Jetairfly has operated since March 2004 to more than 70 airports in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Canary Islands, and North Africa. | |
| Thomson Airways | United Kingdom | Thomson Airways is the largest of the TUI airlines and the largest charter airline in the world. It has 64 aircraft and flies from 26 British airports to 109 destinations worldwide. It was formed by the merger of Thomsonfly (formerly Britannia Airways) and First Choice Airways. | |
| TUIfly | Germany | The former German Airlines of the TUIfly-alliance Hapag-Lloyd Flug and Hapag-Lloyd Express (now defunct as an air carrier) operated together under the brand TUIfly. Since Summer 2010 Hapag-Lloyd Flug is now officially named TUIfly. | |
| TUIfly Nordic | Sweden
Denmark Norway Finland |
TUIfly Nordic flies from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. They fly holidaymakers travelling with the tour operators Fritidsresor, Finnmatkat and Star Tour. | |
| Jet4you | Morocco | Jet4you operates services between Moroccan cities and destinations in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and Italy. |
| Airline | Country | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aladia | Mexico | No Image | Aladia was a low-cost airline of Mexico, but as of August 2008, Aladia ceased operations, due to economic crisis. Its main base was at Toluca airport. It was the only North American and Mexican airline that was part of TUI Airines Group. |
| Britannia Airways | United Kingdom | Britannia Airways was the largest charter airline in the United Kingdom, rebranded as Thomsonfly in 2005. Its main bases were London Gatwick, London Luton, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow. | |
| Britannia Nordic | Sweden | Britannia Nordic flew from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. | |
| First Choice Airways | United Kingdom | First Choice Airways was a charter airline of European tour operator TUI Travel PLC, based in Crawley, England. It flew to more than 60 destinations worldwide from 14 UK and Irish airports. Following TUI UK merging 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 07 and Summer 08 however from 1 November 2008 it became Thomson Airways. | |
| Hapag-Lloyd Express | Germany | Hapag-Lloyd Express (previously also marketed as HLX.com) was a no-frills, high-frequency, express airline based in Langenhagen, Germany. It operated services within Germany and to destinations in Europe. In January 2007 in a restructuring, it combined its operations with Hapag-Lloyd Flug to become TUIfly. | |
| Hapag-Lloyd Flug | Germany | Hapag-Lloyd Flug (between 2005 and 2007 it was also marketed as Hapagfly) was an airline based in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Mergered with Hapag-Lloyd Express and became TUIfly | |
| Neos | Italy | Neos was established on 22 June 2001 and started operations on 8 March 2002. It was started as a joint venture between Alpitour parent firm Finanziaria di Partecipazioni (IFIL), which is controlled by the Agnelli Group and the German tour operator, TUI. TUI sold its shares in 2004. | |
| Thomsonfly | United Kingdom | Thomsonfly was a British airline, previously known as Britannia and a business within TUI UK prior to September 2007. Following TUI UK merging 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 07 and Summer 08 however from 1 November 2008 it became Thomson Airways. |