Thomsonfly
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| IATA code : | BY |
| ICAO code : | TOM |
| Call sign : | THOMSON |
| Founding: | 1962 |
| Operation stopped: | 2008 |
| Seat: | London Luton , UK
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| Home airport : | London Gatwick Airport |
| Company form: | Limited Company |
| Passenger volume: | 8 million |
| Alliance : | TUI Airlines |
| Fleet size: | 45 |
| Aims: | international |
| Thomsonfly ceased operations in 2008. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Thomsonfly was a British airline based in Luton . It belonged to the travel company TUI and in 2008 merged with First Choice Airways to form Thomson Airways .
history
The company was founded in 1962 under the name Euravia near Luton . Just two years later, the name changed to Britannia Airways . In 1965 the company was taken over by Thomson Travel (now TUI ).
As part of the standardization of TUI Airlines , the name changed to Thomsonfly in 2005 , corresponding to the British TUI brand name Thomson. Since May 1, 2008 Thomsonfly has operated a joint fleet with First Choice Airways , which has been operating under the new Thomson Airways brand since May 1, 2009 . Flight operations were transferred to the new airline on November 1st.
aims
Thomsonfly flew from 20 UK airports to over 80 destinations worldwide, such as B. Salzburg Airport and Innsbruck Airport , Austria during the winter months .
fleet
As of April 2008, Thomsonfly's fleet consisted of 45 aircraft:
Thomsonfly also owned smaller machines, such as Mooney .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch: Thomsonfly fleet ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. April 7, 2008
