Thomsonfly

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Thomsonfly
Thomson Fly Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
BYTOMTOMSON
Founded2004 (2004)
Ceased operations1 November 2008 (2008-11-01)
(merged with First Choice Airways to form Thomson Airways)
Hubs
Focus cities
Parent company TUI Travel plc
Headquarters Luton, England, United Kingdom
Key people
  • Chris Browne (MD)
  • John Murphy (DFO)
  • Dawn Wilson (Director of Ground Operations)
Website www.thomson.co.uk
A Thomsonfly Boeing 767-300ER takes off from Glasgow International Airport, Scotland (2006). Thomsonfly GLA.jpg
A Thomsonfly Boeing 767-300ER takes off from Glasgow International Airport, Scotland (2006).
A Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 takes off from London Luton, England (2007). Thomsonfly B737-800 G-FDZA 2005.jpg
A Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 takes off from London Luton, England (2007).
A Thomsonfly Boeing 757-200 landing at Bristol Airport, England (2007) Thomsonfly b757-200 g-byap arp.jpg
A Thomsonfly Boeing 757-200 landing at Bristol Airport, England (2007)

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.

Contents

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. [1]

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. [2] Thomsonfly Limited changed its name to Thomson Airways in October 2008. [3]

Fleet

In October 2008, the Thomsonfly fleet comprised: [4]

Thomsonfly fleet
AircraftTotalPassengers [5] Routes
Boeing 737-300 11148Short and medium haul
Boeing 737-500 4131Short haul
Boeing 737-800 16189Short and medium haul
Boeing 757-200 20235Short and medium haul
Boeing 767-200ER 4290Short, medium and long haul
Boeing 767-300ER 9283 / 328Short, medium and long haul
Total64

Statistics

Number of passengers [6] Number of flights [7] Load factor [8]
20059,505,92852,46180.1%
20069,617,41654,06382.6%
20079,444,97354,51584.6%
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority

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References

  1. CAA operating licence
  2. "Axe falls as Britannia parent TUI restructures". Flight Global. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. New Thomson Airways brand launched Archived 10 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. CAA Aircraft Register
  5. Thomsonfly Fleet
  6. Number of passengers uplifted on both scheduled and non-scheduled flights.
  7. Number of flights represents total flights during that year.
  8. Load factor represents number of seat-km used as a proportion of number of seat-km available.