Thomsonfly was a British charter and scheduled airline. Thomsonfly was the first stage of TUI AG'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 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.
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| Founded | 2004 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1 November 2008 (merged with First Choice Airways to form Thomson Airways) | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 46 | ||||||
| Destinations | 87 | ||||||
| Parent company | TUI Travel PLC | ||||||
| Headquarters | Luton, United Kingdom | ||||||
| Key people | Chris Browne (MD) John Murphy (DFO) Dawn Wilson (Director of Ground Operations) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Thomsonfly Limited held a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.[1]
History
editAs part of a wider reorganisation of TUI's UK operations in September 2004, it was announced that Britannia would be rebranded as Thomsonfly.[2] Thomsonfly Limited changed its name to Thomson Airways in October 2008.[3]
Fleet
editIn October 2008, the Thomsonfly fleet comprised:[4]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers[5] | Routes |
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| Boeing 737-300 | 11 | 148 | Short and medium haul |
| Boeing 737-500 | 4 | 131 | Short haul |
| Boeing 737-800 | 16 | 189 | Short and medium haul |
| Boeing 757-200 | 20 | 235 | Short and medium haul |
| Boeing 767-200ER | 4 | 290 | Short, medium and long haul |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 9 | 283 / 328 | Short, medium and long haul |
| Total | 64 |
Statistics
edit| Number of passengers[6] | Number of flights[7] | Load factor[8] | ||
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| 2005 | 9,505,928 | 52,461 | 80.1% | |
| 2006 | 9,617,416 | 54,063 | 82.6% | |
| 2007 | 9,444,973 | 54,515 | 84.6% | |
| Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority [1] | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ CAA operating licence
- ^ "Axe falls as Britannia parent TUI restructures". Flight Global. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ New Thomson Airways brand launched Archived 10 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CAA Aircraft Register
- ^ Thomsonfly Fleet
- ^ Number of passengers uplifted on both scheduled and non-scheduled flights.
- ^ Number of flights represents total flights during that year.
- ^ Load factor represents number of seat-km used as a proportion of number of seat-km available.
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