Thomsonfly Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline. Thomsonfly was the first stage of
TUI AG
TUI AG ( trading as TUI Group) is a German multinational leisure, travel and tourism company; it is the largest such company in the world. TUI is an acronym for ''Touristik Union International'' ("Tourism Union International"). TUI AG was known ...
's plans to expand its business within TUI UK prior to September 2007. After TUI UK merged with First Choice Holidays in September 2007, it became part of
TUI Travel
TUI Travel PLC was a British leisure travel group headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex. The company was formed on 3 September 2007 by the merger of First Choice Holidays PLC and the Tourism Division of TUI AG, which owned 56.4% of it. The compa ...
PLC. The new holiday company continued with both in-house airlines (Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways) through winter 2007 and summer 2008 until the two were merged on 1 November 2008 as
Thomson Airways Thomson may refer to:
Names
* Thomson (surname), a list of people with this name and a description of its origin
* Thomson baronets, four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomson
Businesses and organizations
* SGS-Thomson ...
.
Thomsonfly Limited held a
Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
History
As part of a wider reorganisation of TUI's UK operations in September 2004, it was announced that Britannia would be rebranded as Thomsonfly. Thomsonfly Limited changed its name to
Thomson Airways Thomson may refer to:
Names
* Thomson (surname), a list of people with this name and a description of its origin
* Thomson baronets, four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomson
Businesses and organizations
* SGS-Thomson ...
in October 2008.
Fleet
In October 2008, Thomsonfly operated an all-
Boeing
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fleet composed of the following aircraft:
CAA Aircraft Register
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Statistics
See also
* List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
References
External links
Thomson Flights – official website
TUI Travel PLC – official website
TUI Group – official website
Thomsonfly
(archive)
Fleet
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Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
Defunct European low-cost airlines
Airlines established in 2003
Airlines disestablished in 2009