TUI fly Nordic

TUI fly Nordic
IATA ICAO Callsign
6B BLX BLUESCAN
Founded December 1996
(as Blue Scandinavia)
Commenced operations May 2006
(as TUI fly Nordic)
Operating bases
Fleet size 4
Destinations 21
Parent company TUI Group
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Employees 650
Website www.tui.dk
www.tui.no
www.tui.se
www.tui.fi

TUI fly Nordic is a charter airline headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and is a part of the TUI Group. It operates short, medium and long-haul flights to leisure destinations from several airports in the Nordic countries, on behalf of the tour operators TUI Danmark (Denmark), TUI Suomi (Finland), TUI Norge (Norway) and TUI Sverige (Sweden). In 2016, the airline carried approximately 1,500,000 passengers.

History

The airline was originally formed in 1985 as Transwede Airways operating both charter and scheduled flights to destinations around Europe. In 1996 the charter part of the airline was taken over by the Swedish tour operator Fritidsresor and was renamed to Blue Scandinavia. Following the acquisition of Fritidsresor by Thomson in 1998 the airline was rebranded as Britannia Nordic. After Preussag (TUI) acquired the Thomson Group in 2000 the airline was rebranded as TUI fly Nordic in 2005.

In 2015 the TUI Group announced that all five of its airline subsidiaries would be rebranded as TUI Airlines, whilst keeping their separate Air Operators Certificate, taking about three years to complete. As of 2017, most aircraft have been repainted and rebranded with the new "Dynamic Wave" livery and name.

TUI Group has 70 737 MAXs on order for the group. The order consists of 20 MAX 10 aircraft, with the remaining variants unspecified as of June 2017. These will be used for both replacement of older aircraft and further expansion. TUI fly Nordic was scheduled to receive its first of five Boeing 737 MAX 8 in February 2018.

Destinations

A former Blue Scandinavia Lockheed L-1011 TriStar parked at Faro Airport in 1997
A former Britannia Nordic Boeing 757-200 taxiing at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 1999

As of October 2020, TUI fly Nordic serves the following destinations:

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Bulgaria Burgas Burgas Airport Seasonal charter
Cape Verde Boa Vista Aristides Pereira International Airport Seasonal charter
Sal Amílcar Cabral International Airport Seasonal charter
Croatia Pula Pula Airport Seasonal charter
Split Split Airport Seasonal charter
Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport Seasonal charter
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport
Egypt Hurghada Hurghada International Airport Terminated
Marsa Alam Marsa Alam International Airport Terminated
Finland Helsinki Helsinki Airport
Greece Chania Chania International Airport Seasonal charter
Corfu Corfu International Airport Terminated
Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Terminated
Karpathos Karpathos Island National Airport Begins 15 May 2023
Kos Kos International Airport Seasonal charter
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal charter
Samos Samos International Airport Seasonal charter
Zakynthos Zakynthos International Airport Seasonal charter
Italy Alghero Alghero-Fertilia Airport Terminated
Catania Catania–Fontanarossa Airport Terminated
Norway Oslo Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Spain Fuerteventura Fuerteventura Airport Terminated
Lanzarote Lanzarote Airport Seasonal charter
Las Palmas Gran Canaria Airport Charter
Mahón Menorca Airport Terminated
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport Seasonal charter
Tenerife Tenerife-South Airport Seasonal charter
Sweden Gothenburg Göteborg Landvetter Airport Base
Malmö Malmö Airport Seasonal charter
Norrköping Norrköping Airport
Örebro Örebro Airport Seasonal charter
Sälen Trysil Scandinavian Mountains Airport Terminated
Stockholm Stockholm Arlanda Airport Base
Umeå Umeå Airport Seasonal charter
Växjö Växjö/Kronoberg Airport Seasonal charter
Tanzania Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Seasonal charter
Turkey Antalya Antalya Airport Seasonal charter
Dalaman Dalaman Airport Seasonal charter

Fleet

Current fleet

A TUI fly Nordic Boeing 737 MAX 8

As of April 2023, the TUI fly Nordic fleet consists of the following aircraft:

TUI fly Nordic fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
P Y Total
Boeing 737 MAX 8 3 189 189
Boeing 787-9 1 63 282 345
Total 4

Former fleet

A former TUI fly Nordic Boeing 757-200 in 2009.

TUI fly Nordic formerly operated the following aircraft:

TUI fly Nordic former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 737-800 18 1998 2021
Boeing 757-200 4 1998 2002
5 2005 2011
Boeing 767-300ER 3 1999 2002
3 2008 2021
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 2 1996 1997
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 3 1996 1998

See also