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| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 21 | ||||||
| Parent company | TUI Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Stockholm,Sweden | ||||||
| Employees | 650 | ||||||
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TUIfly NordicAB (formerlyBlue Scandinavia AB andBritannia Nordic AB) is acharter airline headquartered inStockholm,Sweden, and is a part of theTUI Group. It operates short, medium and long-haul flights to leisure destinations from several airports in theNordic countries, on behalf of the tour operators TUI Danmark (Denmark), TUI Suomi (Finland), TUI Norge (Norway) andTUI Sverige (Sweden). In 2016, the airline carried approximately 1,500,000 passengers.
The airline was originally formed in 1985 asTranswede Airways operating both charter and scheduled flights to destinations aroundEurope. In 1996, the charter part of the airline was taken over by the Swedish tour operatorFritidsresor and was renamedBlue Scandinavia. Following the acquisition of Fritidsresor byThomson in 1998, the airline was renamedBritannia Nordic. AfterPreussag (TUI) acquired the Thomson Group in 2000, the airline was renamedTUI fly Nordic in 2005.[1]
In 2015, the TUI Group announced that all five of its airline subsidiaries would be renamed TUI Airlines, whilst retaining their separate Air Operators Certificates, taking about three years to complete. As of 2017, most aircraft had been repainted and rebranded with the new "Dynamic Wave" livery and name.[2]
TUI Group has 70737 MAX aircraft on order for the group.[3] The order consists of 28MAX 10 aircraft,[4] with the remaining variants unspecified as of June 2017.[4][3] These will be used for both replacement of older aircraft and further expansion. TUI fly Nordic was scheduled to receive its first of fiveBoeing 737 MAX 8 in February 2018.[5]
As of October 2024[update], TUI fly Nordic flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:[6][7][8][9]
As of August 2025[update], TUI fly Nordic operates the following aircraft:[14][15]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| W | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 3 | — | — | 189 | 189 | |
| Boeing 787-9 | 1 | — | 63 | 282 | 345 | |
| Total | 4 | — | ||||
In the past, TUI fly Nordic (and its predecessor Blue Scandinavia) previously operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 18 | 1998 | 2021 | [16] |
| 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 |
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