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TUI fly Belgium

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This article is about the Belgian airline. For its sister companies, seeTUI Group § TUI Multinational Airlines.

TUI fly Belgium
IATA ICAO Callsign
TB JAF BEAUTY
Founded13 November 2003;20 years ago(2003-11-13)
(asJetairfly)
Commenced operations23 November 2005;18 years ago(2005-11-23)
Operating bases
Fleet size25
Destinations134
Parent companyTUI Group
HeadquartersZaventem,Belgium
Key peopleElie Bruyninckx (President)
Websitewww.tuifly.be

TUI fly Belgium,[1][2]legally incorporated asTUI Airlines Belgium nvand formerly brandedJetairfly,[2]is aBelgianscheduled andcharter airlinewith its registered office atBrussels Airport.[3]

The airline is a subsidiary of theTUI Groupand part of the TUI Airlines. TUI Airlines also incorporates the sister companiesTUI fly Netherlands,Corsair International(France),TUI fly Deutschland(Germany),TUI Airways(United Kingdom) andTUI fly Nordic(Sweden).

History

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TUI fly Belgium head office inOstend

The airline was established asSunrisein 2002 as a home carrier for tour operatorJetair,part of the tourism groupTUI AGand re-established asTUI Airlines Belgiumon 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 renamedJetairflyas 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 190in 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-leasedeal 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 14001certification 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 Belgiumwith the legal name still beingTUI Airlines Belgium NV[3]as the second airline within the TUI group which underwent the name change.[2]

Destinations

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TUI fly Belgium has a network of 180 routes to more than 100 airports in theMediterranean,Red Sea,Caribbean,Canary Islands,Cape Verde Islands,Africaand theUnited States.The airline's home base isBrussels Airport,but flights are also operated from eight other bases:Liege Airport,Ostend-Bruges International Airport,Antwerp Airport,Lille Airportin France,Mohammed V International Airport CasablancaandMarrakesh Menara Airportin Morocco.[14]

Fleet

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TUI fly BelgiumBoeing 737 MAX 8
TUI fly BelgiumBoeing 787-8

Current fleet

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As of January 2024,TUI fly Belgium operates the following aircraft:[15][16]

TUIfly Belgium fleet
Aircraft In
service 		Orders Passengers Notes
P Y Total
Boeing 737-700 4 — – 148 148 To be retired and replaced byBoeing 737 MAX.[17]
Boeing 737-800 7 — – 189 189
Boeing 737 MAX 8 5 10[18] To replaceBoeing 737-700.
Boeing 737 MAX 10 — 4[18] TBA To replaceBoeing 737-800.
Boeing 787-8 1 — 25 280 305
Embraer E195-E2[19] 3 — – 136 136
Total 20 14

Fleet modernisation

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TUI Grouphas 70737 MAXson order for the group.[20]The order consists of 18MAX 10aircraft,[21]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.[18]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.[22]

Former fleet

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A former TUI fly BelgiumEmbraer 190in 2019. These have been replaced by theEmbraer E195-E2.

TUI fly Belgium has previously operated the following aircraft:[23]

TUI fly Belgium former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
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
Embraer 190 4 2013 2023
Fokker 100 1 2005 2008

Service

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Short- and medium-haul

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On short-and medium haul flights, there are three types of service offered on all Economy Class aircraft:

  • Economy Classwithbuy on boardservice offering snacks and drinks for purchase.
  • Economy Classwith standard service, including catering (only on flights to Cabo Verde and Senegal).
  • Economy ClasswithService Plus/VIP Selection,offering premium meals, free alcohol, newspapers. Access to the VIP lounge at Brussels-Zaventem Airport, with separate check-in and security fast lane.[24]

Long-haul

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Boeing 767
  • Economy Classwith standard service including catering (only on long haul flights).
  • Comfort Classwith lounge access and security fast lane at Brussels-Zaventem Airport, premium meals including free alcohol, newspapers, extra legroom and amenity kits.
Boeing 787[25]
  • Economy Classwith standard service including catering.
  • Economy+ Classwith extra legroom and enhanced standard services.
  • Premium Clubwith lounge access and security fast lane at Brussels-Zaventem Airport, premium meals including free alcohol, newspapers, extra-legroom seats and amenity kits.

On all long-haul flights there isAVODfor every passenger.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Cheap flight tickets | Book a flight with TUI fly".tuifly.be.
  2. ^abcch-aviation.com – Jetairfly rebrands as TUIfly Belgium21 October 2016
  3. ^ab"Company information | TUI fly".tuifly.be.
  4. ^"TUI Airlines Belgium".Airline History.Retrieved13 November2021.
  5. ^"Marokkaanse Jet4you gaat op in Belgische Jetairfly"(in Dutch). Nieuwsblad.be. 10 January 2012.Retrieved28 May2013.
  6. ^"Jetairfly"(PDF).22 March 2012.
  7. ^Flightsim.to (4 October 2020)."PMDG 737-800 TUI BE | OO-JAA 2018 for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS".Flightsim.to.Retrieved28 February2024.
  8. ^"Congo's ECAIR adds first Jetairfly B737 to fleet".Ch-aviation.com. 7 August 2015.Retrieved17 November2015.
  9. ^"Belgium's Jetairfly Seals Wet-Lease Deal With ECAir".Aerosmart.com. 15 January 2015.Retrieved17 November2015.
  10. ^"Jetairfly, the first Belgian airline with ISO 14001 certification".20 March 2015.Retrieved23 March2015.
  11. ^"Jetairfly ecological footprint".Retrieved17 November2015.
  12. ^"Name change TUIfly will become TUI fly".March 2017.Retrieved26 March2017.
  13. ^"TUI Group to rebrand five airlines as 'TUI'".Retrieved29 July2015.
  14. ^"Jetairfly annonce une base à Lille"(in French). air-journal.fr. 22 January 2013.Retrieved10 October2013.
  15. ^"Our fleet | TUI fly".tuifly.be.
  16. ^"Tui Airlines Belgium Fleet Details and History".planespotters.net.Retrieved17 November2021.
  17. ^"TUI Group to simplify fleet, mulls more B737 MAX 10s".ch-aviation.com. 25 July 2018.Retrieved25 July2018.
  18. ^abc"TUI fly krijgt naast B737 MAX8 ook vier MAX10's in de vloot (Dutch)".flightlevel.be. 21 November 2017.Retrieved21 November2017.
  19. ^"Belgium's TUI fly takes first E195-E2".ch-aviation.com.9 May 2023.
  20. ^Boeing 737 Orders & Deliveries
  21. ^"Paris: Leisure Group TUI converts 18 orders to 737 Max 10".Flightglobal.com.19 June 2017.
  22. ^"TUI Group announce selection of 18 Boeing 737 MAX 10s".aviation24.be. 19 June 2017.Retrieved19 June2017.
  23. ^"Jetairfly Fleet Details and History".Planespotters.net.Retrieved27 December2022.
  24. ^Spinnae, David (2 December 2010)."Jetairfly breidt uit: nieuwe lijn, verhoogde vluchtfrequenties, vlootuitbreiding met de nieuwste technologie"(in Dutch). Flightlevel.Retrieved31 May2011.
  25. ^"Home".JetairFly Dreamliner.Retrieved29 July2015.
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