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This article is about the German airline. For the organization of airlines of the TUI Group, see TUI Airlines.
TUIfly
File:TUIfly.svg
IATA ICAO Call sign
X3 TUI TUIJET
Founded2007
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program
  • FriendChips (discontinued)
  • Bluemiles (discontinued)
AllianceTUI Airlines
Fleet size31
Destinations39
Parent companyTUI Group
HeadquartersLangenhagen, Germany
Key peopleDr. Michael Frenzel (TUI)
Websitetuifly.com

TUIfly[1] is German leisure airline owned by travel and tourism company TUI Group. It is headquartered at Hannover Airport[2] with several more bases at other German airports. The airline offers both charter and scheduled flights with about 60% of all seats are sold directly, 30% as a part of a TUI holiday package and 10% by other agencies. TUIfly also operates part of its fleet as a wetlease for Air Berlin.

History

TUIfly head office

Formation

The airline was formed in 2007 by the merger of Hapag Lloyd Flug and Hapag Lloyd Express as a branch of TUI Travel. The airline codes of its predecessor are still in use, and the former callsign YELLOWCAB remained in use until it was changed to TUIJET on 24 September 2010.

In the second quarter of 2007, the load factor was at about 79%, after about 92% in the year before. Subsequently, the company closed its Leipzig/Halle and Bremen bases, in order to grow in Cologne/Bonn instead.[citation needed] On 29 January 2008, plans were announced to merge TUIfly with Eurowings and Germanwings (the Lufthansa low-cost brands) into a joint and independent holding company, but were withdrawn as talks turned out to be unsuccessful.[3]

TUI Travel confirmed on 27 March 2009 that it had sealed a strategic partnership with Air Berlin that would see Tui Travel take a 20% stake in Air Berlin, and Air Berlin 20% in TUIfly. Due to regulatory matters, this was changed to 9.9%.[4] Air Berlin will also wet-lease 17 aircraft from TUIfly and take over all of TUIfly's city connections. TUI will focus on serving the charter market with 21 aircraft of the remaining fleet.[5] From 25 October 2009, all German domestic flights previously operated by TUIfly were taken over by Air Berlin, as well as all flights to Austria, Italy and Croatia.[6] Most of these flights are still operated by TUIfly aircraft, but are marketed by Air Berlin.

Development since 2013

In December 2013, TUIfly abandoned their distinctive yellow livery and replaced it by the new blue design already introduced at Arkefly, Jetairfly and Thomson Airways. The first plane in the new colours arrived in Hannover on 17 February 2014.[7]

In September 2014, TUIfly decided to relocate their operations at Zweibrücken Airport to nearby Saarbrücken Airport as Zweibrücken Airport faces bankruptcy and an uncertain future.[8]

Destinations

Fleet and livery
A TUIfly Boeing 737–700 in the old livery.
A TUIfly Boeing 737-800 in the current livery.
A TUIfly Boeing 737–800 in Haribo special livery.

TUIfly flies to destinations in Europe, Africa, and Asia, some only seasonally.[9] TUIfly serves the following destinations (at July 2014):

Austria
Cape Verde
Egypt
Germany
Greece
Kosovo
Israel
Malta
Morocco
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey
United Arab Emirates

Fleet

As of December 2014, the TUIfly fleet consists of the following aircraft:[11][12]

TUIfly fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-700 7 148 1 Leased from Air Berlin
Boeing 737-800 25 5 189
Total 32 5

Inflight services

All flights within Germany and other non-tourist destinations are operated on behalf of Air Berlin and the service of Air Berlin. TUIfly offers free drinks, snacks, and meals on flights to and from Cape Verde, Egypt, Greece, Israel, southern Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain (including the Canary Islands), and Tunisia. Hot meals are served on the longest flights, including those to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Egypt, and Madeira.[13]

References

  1. ^ "STCC TRANSAVIA." TUIfly. Retrieved on 16 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Contact." TUIfly. Retrieved on 12 May 2009. "Address: TUIfly Vermarktungs GmbH Karl-Wiechert-Allee 23 30625 Hannover Germany Address Airline TUIfly: TUIfly GmbH Flughafenstraße 10 30855 Langenhagen"
  3. ^ "Announcement of TUI AG". Tui-group.com. 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  4. ^ "Air Berlin information on taking over TUIfly routes". AirBerlin.com. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  5. ^ http://www.tuitravelplc.com/tuitravel/media/press/?ref=58[dead link‍]
  6. ^ "TUIfly information on flights taken over by Air Berlin". Tuifly.com. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  7. ^ http://www.airliners.de/tuifly-erhaelt-erste-boeing-737-im-neuen-design/31531
  8. ^ http://ch-aviation.com/portal/news/31189-germanys-tuifly-to-close-zweibrcken-base-in-november
  9. ^ All Destinations from TUIfly's website
  10. ^ http://www.touristik-aktuell.de/nachrichten/verkehr/news/datum/2014/09/15/tui-fly-mehr-saarbruecken-und-karlsruhebaden-baden-fuer-2015/
  11. ^ TUIfly Fleet
  12. ^ 13 February 2014. "TUIfly Fleet in Planespotters.net". planespotters.net. Retrieved 2014-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "In the air." TUIfly. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.

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