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| Founded | 13 November 2003; 21 years ago (2003-11-13) (asJetairfly) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 23 November 2005; 19 years ago (2005-11-23) | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 25 | ||||||
| Destinations | 134 | ||||||
| Parent company | TUI Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Zaventem,Flemish Brabant,Belgium | ||||||
| Key people | Elie Bruyninckx (President) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
TUI fly Belgium,[1][2] legally incorporated asTUI Airlines Belgium nv and formerly brandedJetairfly,[2] is aBelgian scheduled andcharter airline with its registered office atBrussels Airport.[3]
The airline is a subsidiary of theTUI Group. Its sister companies includeTUI fly Netherlands,TUI fly Deutschland (Germany),TUI Airways (United Kingdom) andTUI fly Nordic (Sweden).
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The airline was established asSunrise in 2002 as a home carrier for tour operatorJetair, part of the tourism groupTUI AG and re-established asTUI Airlines Belgium on 13 November 2003.[4] The original plans were to operate two aircraft, but after charter companySobelair (home carrier for Jetair) ceased its operations, started its operations with 5Boeing 737-400. On 23 November 2005, the airline was renamedJetairfly as part of the rebranding around the trade name Jetair.
In January 2012, Jetairfly announced thatJet4you, a low-cost Moroccan carrier and also a subsidiary of the TUI AG Group, would be fully integrated in Jetairfly. The merger was complete in April 2012.[5] In March 2012, Jetairfly officially became a full scheduled airline, while previously many of their flights were conducted as charter flights. As a result, all flights can be booked in both directions even by non-EU citizens.[6]
In the beginning of 2013, Jetairfly was the first leisure airline worldwide to introduce theEmbraer 190 in its fleet. In the autumn of 2013, the new office building and maintenance hangar "Jetairport" was inaugurated at Brussels Airport. In December 2013, Jetairfly was the first and only Belgian airline to introduce the brand newBoeing 787 Dreamliner.[7]
On 14 November 2014, Jetairfly sealed awet-lease deal to provide up to four aircraft with crew to operate on behalf ofECAir, the flag carrier of theRepublic of the Congo, from mid-2015 on.[8][9]
In 2015, it was the first and only Belgian airline with anISO 14001 certification for their focus on sustainability and reducing theirecological footprint.[10][11]
On 13 May 2015, it was announced by the TUI Group that all five of TUI's airline subsidiaries will be named TUI fly,[12] whilst keeping their separateAir Operator's Certificate, taking over three years to complete.[13] On 19 October 2016, Jetairfly received the new brand nameTUI fly Belgium with the legal name still beingTUI Airlines Belgium NV[3] as the second airline within the TUI group which underwent the name change.[2]
In February 2025, TUIfly Belgium announced it would terminate all long-haul operations and phase out its remaining soleBoeing 787-8 by November 2025.[14][15] In 2024, the airline already relocated one aircraft of the same type to sister companyTUI fly Netherlands, stating that such a small long-haul fleet is no longer commercially viable.[16]
TUI fly Belgium has a network of 180 routes to more than 100 airports in theMediterranean,Red Sea,Caribbean,Canary Islands,Cape Verde Islands,Africa and theUnited States. The airline's home base isBrussels Airport, but flights are also operated from eight other bases:Liège Airport,Ostend–Bruges International Airport,Antwerp Airport,Lille Airport in France,Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca andMarrakesh Menara Airport in Morocco.[17]
As of January 2025[update], TUI fly Belgium operates the following aircraft:[18]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| P | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737-700 | 2 | — | – | 148 | 148 | To be retired and replaced byBoeing 737 MAX.[19] |
| Boeing 737-800 | 9 | — | – | 189 | 189 | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 6 | 9[20] | To replace737-700 and -800.[20] | |||
| Boeing 737 MAX 10 | — | 4[20] | TBA | |||
| Boeing 787-8 | 1 | — | 25 | 280 | 305 | To be phased out in November 2025.[14] |
| Embraer 195-E2[21] | 3 | — | – | 136 | 136 | |
| Total | 21 | 13 | ||||
TUI Group has 70737 MAXs on order for the group.[22] The order consists of 18MAX 10 aircraft,[23] with the remaining variants unspecified as of June 2017. In 2018, TUI fly Belgium was set to receive a total of four new MAX aircraft. Over the next four years, they were scheduled to receive a total of 15 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and four Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft.[20] Deliveries of the new aircraft to the TUI Group commenced in January 2018 with the first aircraft, aBoeing 737 MAX 8, delivered to TUI fly Belgium.[24] In 2025, the airline announced it would phase out its sole remaining long-haul aircraft, a singleBoeing 787-8 within the same year.[14]
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TUI fly Belgium has previously operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 3 | 2018 | 2018 | leased fromOrange2Fly |
| 4 | 2018 | 2019 | leased fromSmartLynx Airlines Estonia | |
| 1 | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| Airbus A321-200 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | leased fromSmartLynx Airlines |
| Airbus A330-200 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | Leased fromAirTanker Services |
| Boeing 737-400 | 7 | 2005 | 2012 | |
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | 2007 | 2012 | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 4 | 2008 | 2022 | |
| Boeing 787-8 | 1 | 2018 | 2024 | relocated toTUI fly Netherlands[16] |
| Embraer 190 | 4 | 2013 | 2023 | |
| Fokker 100 | 1 | 2005 | 2008 |
On short-and medium haul flights, there are three types of service offered on all Economy Class aircraft:
On all long-haul flights there isAVOD for every passenger.
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