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{{Short description|Defunct charter airline of the United Kingdom (2003–2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox airline | airline = Thomsonfly Limited | logo = Thomson Fly Logo.svg | logo_size = 200 | IATA = BY | ICAO = TOM | callsign = TOMSON | parent = [[TUI Travel plc]] | founded = {{start date|2003|12|18|df=yes}} | commenced = {{start date|2004|03|31|df=yes}} | ceased = {{end date|2009|05|01|df=yes}}<br />{{small|(merged with [[First Choice Airways]] to form [[Thomson Airways]])}} | headquarters = [[Luton]], [[Bedfordshire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] | key_people = {{bulleted list| | Chris Browne ([[Managing Director|MD]]) | John Murphy (DFO) | Dawn Wilson (Director of Ground Operations)}} | bases = {{ubl|class=nowrap | [[Belfast International Airport|Belfast–International]] | [[Birmingham Airport|Birmingham]] | [[Bournemouth Airport|Bournemouth]] | [[Cardiff Airport|Cardiff]] | [[Coventry Airport|Coventry]] | [[Doncaster Sheffield Airport|Doncaster/Sheffield]] | [[East Midlands Airport|East Midlands]] | [[Glasgow Airport|Glasgow]] | [[Leeds Bradford Airport|Leeds/Bradford]] | [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport|Liverpool]] | [[Gatwick Airport|London–Gatwick]] | [[Luton Airport|London–Luton]] | [[London Stansted Airport|London–Stansted]] | [[Manchester Airport|Manchester]] | [[Newcastle International Airport|Newcastle upon Tyne]]}} | hubs = | focus_cities = | alliance = | fleet_size = | destinations = | website = {{URL|www.thomson.co.uk}} | image = Thomsonfly GLA.jpg | aoc = | frequent_flyer = | num_employees = }} '''Thomsonfly Limited''' 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 [[TUI Airways|Thomson Airways]]. Thomsonfly Limited held a [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|Civil Aviation Authority]] Type A Operating Licence permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.<ref>[http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?categoryid=183&pagetype=90&pageid=340 CAA operating licence]</ref> == 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/axe-falls-as-britannia-parent-tui-restructures-188334/|title=Axe falls as Britannia parent TUI restructures|date=5 October 2004|publisher=Flight Global|accessdate=22 September 2019}}</ref> Thomsonfly Limited changed its name to [[Thomson Airways]] in October 2008.<ref>[http://news.travelcounsellors.co.uk/New_Thomson_Airways_brand_launched_18644154.html New Thomson Airways brand launched] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710020148/http://news.travelcounsellors.co.uk/New_Thomson_Airways_brand_launched_18644154.html |date=10 July 2008 }}</ref> == Fleet == [[File:thomsonfly b757-200 g-byap arp.jpg|thumb|A Thomsonfly [[Boeing 757|Boeing 757-200]] landing at [[Bristol Airport]], [[England]] (2007)]] In October 2008, Thomsonfly operated an all-[[Boeing]] fleet composed of the following aircraft:<ref>[http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=summary&owner=thomsonfly&pageIndex=1 CAA Aircraft Register]</ref> {| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse" |+ '''Thomsonfly fleet''' |- bgcolor=#ccccff !Aircraft !Total !Passengers<ref>[http://www.thomsonfly.com/en/company_1331.html Thomsonfly Fleet]</ref> !Routes |- |[[Boeing 737-300]] |align=center|11 |148 |Short and medium haul |- |[[Boeing 737-500]] |align=center|4 |131 |Short haul |- |[[Boeing 737-800]] |align=center|16 |189 |Short and medium haul |- |[[Boeing 757-200]] |align=center|20 |235 |Short and medium haul |- |[[Boeing 767-200ER]] |align=center|4 |290 |Short, medium and long haul |- |[[Boeing 767-300ER]] |align=center|9 |283/328 |Short, medium and long haul |- |'''Total''' !64 | | |} ==Statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right; width:300px;" align="center" |+ |- ! style="width:75px"| !! style="width:100px"|Number of passengers<ref name="stats">Number of passengers uplifted on both scheduled and non-scheduled flights.</ref>!! style="width:100px"| Number of flights<ref>Number of flights represents total flights during that year.</ref>!! style="width:100px"| Load factor<ref>Load factor represents number of seat-km used as a proportion of number of seat-km available.</ref> |- !2005 |9,505,928 || 52,461 || 80.1% |- !2006 |9,617,416 || 54,063 || 82.6% |- !2007 |9,444,973 || 54,515 || 84.6% |- | colspan=5 align="right"| <sup>''Source: [[United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority|UK Civil Aviation Authority]]'' [http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=80&pagetype=88&pageid=1&sglid=1]</sup> |} ==See also== * [[List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]] == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} ==External links== {{commons category|Thomsonfly}} * [http://flights.thomson.co.uk/en/index.html Thomson Flights – official website] * [http://www.tuitravelplc.com/tuitravel/ TUI Travel PLC – official website] * [http://www.tui-group.com/en/ TUI Group – official website] * [https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.thomsonfly.com/ Thomsonfly] (archive) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070315125735/http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Thomsonfly_(TOM)?show=all Fleet] {{Portal bar|United Kingdom|Companies|Aviation}} {{Airlines of the United Kingdom}} {{TUI}} [[Category:Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Defunct European low-cost airlines]] [[Category:Airlines established in 2003]] [[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2009]]
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