TUIfly is a German leisure airline owned by the travel and tourism company TUI
Group. It is headquartered at Hannover Airport with bases at several other
German airports. History
= 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. On 29 January 2008, plans were announced to merge TUIfly with
Eurowings and Germanwings into a joint and independent holding company, but
were withdrawn as talks turned out to be unsuccessful.
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%. 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. 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.
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. 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.
Operations TUIfly 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.
All flights within Germany and other non-tourist destinations are operated on
behalf of Air Berlin with Air Berlin's service concept. TUIfly itself 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.
Destinations TUIfly offers year-round and seasonal
flights to destinations in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The airline serves the
following destinations as of July 2015: = Operated For Atlantic Star Airlines =
Saint Helena Saint Helena - Saint Helena Airport
= Africa = Cape Verde
Boa Vista - Rabil Airport Sal - Amílcar Cabral International
Airport Egypt
Hurghada - Hurghada International Airport
Marsa Alam - Marsa Alam International Airport
Morocco Agadir - Al Massira Airport
Nador - Nador Airportseasonal = Asia =
Israel Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion Airport seasonal
United Arab Emirates Dubai - Al Maktoum International Airport
seasonal charter = Europe =
Austria Graz – Graz Airport seasonal
Salzburg – Salzburg Airport seasonal Vienna – Vienna International Airport
Focus city seasonal Croatia
Zadar - Zadar Airport Germany
Cologne/Bonn – Cologne Bonn Airport Focus city
Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport Focus city
Frankfurt – Frankfurt Airport Focus city Hamburg – Hamburg Airport Focus city
Hanover – Hannover Airport Focus city Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden Airport Focus
city Leipzig – Leipzig/Halle Airport Focus
city Munich – Munich Airport Focus city
Nuremberg – Nuremberg Airport Saarbrücken – Saarbrücken Airport Focus
city seasonal Stuttgart – Stuttgart Airport Focus city
Greece Chania - Chania International Airport
seasonal Corfu - Corfu International Airport
seasonal Heraklion – Heraklion International
Airport seasonal Patras – Araxos Airport seasonal
Rhodos - Rhodes International Airport seasonal
Kos - Kos Island International Airport seasonal
Finland Helsinki - Helsinki International
Airport seasonal Italy
Brindisi - Brindisi Airport seasonal Kosovo
Pristina - Pristina International Airport
Malta Malta - Malta International Airport
seasonal Portugal
Faro - Faro Airport seasonal Madeira - Funchal Airport seasonal
Spain Fuerteventura - Fuerteventura Airport
Gran Canaria - Gran Canaria Airport Ibiza - Ibiza Airport seasonal
Jerez - Jerez Airport seasonal La Palma - La Palma Airport seasonal
Lanzarote - Lanzarote Airport Menorca - Menorca Airport seasonal
Tenerife - Tenerife South Airport Palma de Mallorca - Palma de Mallorca
Airport seasonal Sweden
Östersund - Östersund Airport seasonal Sundsvall - Sundsvall Airport seasonal
Switzerland Basel - EuroAirport
Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg Focus city Tunisia
Enfidha - Enfidha Airport seasonal Turkey
Adana - Adana Airport seasonal Ankara - Ankara Airport seasonal
Antalya - Antalya Airport Dalaman - Dalaman Airport seasonal
Izmir - Izmir Airport seasonal Kayseri - Kayseri Airport seasonal
Samsun - Samsun-Çarşamba Airport seasonal
Fleet As of April 2015, the TUIfly fleet
consists of the following aircraft: Citations
= Notes = = References =
External links Media related to TUIfly at Wikimedia
Commons Official website of TUIfly
Official website of the TUI Group