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TUI Airways Limited[4] (formerly Thomsonfly, First Choice Airways and Thomson Airways) is a British charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom and Ireland to destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.

TUI Airways Ltd

IATA ICAO Callsign BY[1] TOM TOMJET
Founded	1 December 1961; 60 years ago (1961-12-01) (as Britannia Airways)
Commenced operations	2 October 2017 (2017-10-02) (as TUI Airways)
AOC #	294
Operating bases	List of bases Aberdeen Belfast–International (Seasonal) Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Cardiff Dublin East Midlands Exeter Glasgow London–Gatwick London–Luton London–Stansted Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Norwich
Fleet size	67
Destinations	96
Parent company	TUI Group
Headquarters	Wigmore House, Luton[2]
Key people	Dawn Wilson (Chief Operating Officer)
Employees	10,000 (the entire operation in the UK and Ireland) [3]
Website	tui.co.uk

The airline is the world's largest charter airline, carrying 11.8 million passengers in 2019. It is also the fourth-largest UK airline by total passengers carried, after EasyJet, British Airways and Jet2.com. TUI Airways is also the world's tenth-largest airline by number of route pairings served.[5] Its UK and associated regional arm is TUI Airways Ltd which holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Type A Operating Licence permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats. Its head office and Registered Office is Wigmore House in Luton, Bedfordshire.

History

TUI Airways has its origins in several rival airlines. Euravia (later renamed Britannia Airways in December 1964.[6]), an airline which was founded in January 1962.[7] Orion Airways, founded in 1979 by Horizon Holidays and later owned by the large brewing firm Bass Brewery and InterContinental Hotels Group, was sold and merged with Britannia Airways in 1989 but retained the Britannia name. (These events happened before TUI came to the UK.) Britannia was rebranded to Thomsonfly in May 2005 as their parent company Thomson Travel Group were bought by TUI Group as part of a wider reorganisation of TUI's operations in the UK.[8] The other airline, Air 2000 that was founded in 1987, and which integrated the operations of Leisure International Airways in 1998. They became First Choice Airways in 2004 after being bought by First Choice and became their in-house airline.[9]

Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways merged following the merger of the travel divisions of TUI Group and First Choice Holidays in September 2007. The Thomson Airways brand was launched for the combined airline on 1 November 2008.[10]

The new brand retained the Thomsonfly colour scheme, and aircraft in the fleet were gradually repainted. Several First Choice Airways aircraft remained in the First Choice livery as they were due to be phased out of service. A new livery, named "Dynamic Wave" (which will also be applied on Thomson Cruises ships), was introduced in May 2012.[11]

TUI Airways became the first UK airline to take delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, receiving the first aircraft in May 2013.[12] Passenger services with the aircraft began on 21 June 2013 with a flight between London Gatwick and Menorca.[13] Also in 2013, the parent group TUI Travel, now known as TUI Group, ordered 70 Boeing 737 MAX for delivery to group airlines.[14]

Rebrand

On 13 May 2015, it was announced by the TUI Group that all five of TUI's airline subsidiaries would be named TUI, whilst keeping their separate Air Operators Certificate, a process taking over three years to complete. TUI Airways was the last airline to be completed in late 2017.[15] The rebrand began in mid-2016, with the addition of the new 'TUI' titles to its fleet.[16][17]

In December 2016, Thomson Holidays launched their final television advertisement using the 'Thomson' brand, before integrating into the 'TUI' brand.[18] During the rebrand in 2017, the "TOMSON" callsign was dropped and replaced with "TUI AIR" and then changed again to "TOMJET".[19]

In May 2017, the brand TUI Airways began to be used in several areas and was implemented on all flight tracker applications. Most of the aircraft had been branded with 'TUI' titles, and onboard items such as glasses and napkins carried the new brand. Thomson Airways officially changed its legal name to TUI Airways on 2 October 2017.[4] TUI's sister company, TUI UK (formerly Thomson Holidays), has ceased using the 'Thomson' brand, adopting the TUI UK brand on 18 October 2017.[20]

Corporate affairs

Overview

The airline is part of a single-branded group, being the product of two mergers: the travel division of TUI Group with First Choice Holidays in September 2007 to form TUI Travel, under which their respective airlines, Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways, were merged under the former's Air Operator's Certificate in May 2008 and rebranded as Thomson Airways on 1 November 2008. The investable enterprise and overall leadership formally merged with TUI to form London (LSE) and Frankfurt (DAX) listed TUI Group since December 2014. TUI Airways officially changed its legal name from Thomson Airways to TUI Airways on 2 October 2017.[4] This was in line with sister companies TUI fly Belgium, TUI fly Deutschland, TUI fly Netherlands and TUI fly Nordic.

Head office

The airline's head office is in the Wigmore House near Luton, Bedfordshire.[21] The facility is adjacent to Luton Airport.[22]

Business figures

Year	Total passengers	Total flights	Load factor	Passenger Change (YoY)
2005*	15,501,616	82,913	88.6%
2006*	15,134,699	83,556	88.4%	02.4%
2007*	15,018,973	82,360	89.1%	00.8%
2008	12,234,618	65,348	91.1%	018.5%
2009	11,238,774	59,195	90.2%	08.1%
2010	10,965,111	56,522	89.9%	02.4%
2011	11,049,288	57,713	89.3%	00.8%
2012	10,703,338	54,372	92.0%	03.1%
2013	10,548,952	54,926	92.4%	01.4%
2014	10,366,959	54,257	93.0%	01.7%
2015	10,611,175	53,869	93.8%	02.4%
2016	10,942,651	55,295	94.1%	03.1%
2017	11,254,429	57,698	93.5%	02.9%
2018	11,167,287	58,397	92.8%	0.7%
2019	11,817,783	60,633	92.9%	5.8%
2020	2,017,177	10,606	88.0%	82.9%
2021	2,022,470	13,847	73.9%	0.2%
* Data for 2005 to 2007 includes First Choice Airways Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority [5]

Destinations

Most scheduled flights operated by TUI Airways are on behalf of tour operators. The airline offers flights to destinations around the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean from 19 base airports in the United Kingdom. Additionally, seasonal charter routes are served from Copenhagen,[23] Dublin,[24] Helsinki,[25] Oslo[26] and Stockholm.[27]

Fleet

Current fleet

As of August 2022, the TUI Airways Ltd fleet consists of the following aircraft:[28][29]

TUI Airways Ltd fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			P	Y	Total
Boeing 737-800	34	—	—	189	189	1 painted in Robinson Resorts livery, 2 painted in TUIfly Nordic Livery
Boeing 737 MAX 8	18	32[30]	—	189	189
Boeing 737 MAX 9	—	19
Boeing 737 MAX 10	—	14[31]	TBA
Boeing 767-300ER	2	—	—	328	328
Boeing 787-8	8	—	47	253	300
Boeing 787-9	5	1[29]	63	282	345
Total	67	47

Historical fleet

TUI Airways formerly operated the following aircraft:^{[citation needed]}

TUI Airways historical fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Airbus A320-200	5	2009	2012	Inherited from First Choice Airways
Airbus A321-200	2	2009	2013
Boeing 737-300	8	2008	2012	Inherited from Thomsonfly
Boeing 757-200	31	2008	2021	Inherited from Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways

See also

• List of airlines of the United Kingdom

References

External links

Media related to TUI Airways at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] TUI Airways

TUI Airways[2] (zuvor im Außenauftritt Thomson Airways) ist eine britische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in London und Basis auf dem London Luton Airport. Sie ist ein Tochterunternehmen der TUI AG und Mitglied des Konzernverbundes TUI Airlines.

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[es] TUI Airways

TUI Airways, anteriormente conocida como Thomson Airways, es la tercera mayor aerolínea con base en el Reino Unido en cuanto al número total de pasajeros transportados, y la mayor aerolínea chárter del mundo; que ofrece vuelos regulares y charter desde el Reino Unido a diversos destinos de Europa, África, Asia y Norteamérica. La aerolínea inició sus operaciones el 1 de noviembre de 2008, tras la fusión y consiguiente renombramiento de Thomsonfly y First Choice Airways. TUI Airways tiene su sede en Luton, Reino Unido.[6] TUI Airways es una filial perteneciente por completo a TUI Airline Management de Alemania.

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[fr] TUI Airways

TUI Airways est une compagnie charter anglaise proposant également des vols réguliers. Filiale du groupe TUI Travel, elle a transporté 10,7 millions de passagers en 2012.

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[it] TUI Airways

TUI Airways Limited, (in precedenza Thomson Airways) e spesso denominata TUI, è una compagnia aerea charter britannica, che offre voli di linea e charter dal Regno Unito e dalla Repubblica d'Irlanda verso destinazioni in Europa, Africa, Asia e Nord America.[1] TUI Airways è diventata la più grande compagnia aerea charter del mondo, trasportando 11,8 milioni di passeggeri nel 2019. È anche la quarta compagnia aerea del Regno Unito per numero di passeggeri totali trasportati, dopo EasyJet, British Airways e Jet2.com.[2][3]

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[ru] TUI Airways

TUI Airways Limited (ранее известная как Thomson Airways) — крупнейшая в мире чартерная авиакомпания, осуществляющая регулярные и чартерные пассажирские перевозки из Великобритании в аэропорты Европы, Африки, Азии и Северной Америки.

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