Thomsonfly

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title: "Thomsonfly" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-airlines-of-the-united-kingdom", "defunct-european-low-cost-airlines", "airlines-established-in-2003", "airlines-disestablished-in-2009"] description: "Defunct charter airline of the United Kingdom (2003–2009)" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomsonfly" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Defunct charter airline of the United Kingdom (2003–2009) ::

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Field	Value
airline	Thomsonfly Limited
logo	Thomson Fly Logo.svg
logo_size	200
IATA	BY
ICAO	TOM
callsign	TOMSON
parent	TUI Travel plc
founded
commenced
ceased
(merged with First Choice Airways to form Thomson Airways)
headquarters	Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
key_people	{{bulleted list
bases	{{ubl
website
image	Thomsonfly GLA.jpg
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| airline = Thomsonfly Limited | logo = Thomson Fly Logo.svg | logo_size = 200 | IATA = BY | ICAO = TOM | callsign = TOMSON | parent = TUI Travel plc | founded = | commenced = | ceased = (merged with First Choice Airways to form Thomson Airways) | headquarters = Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom | key_people = {{bulleted list| | Chris Browne (MD) | John Murphy (DFO) | Dawn Wilson (Director of Ground Operations)}} | bases = {{ubl|class=nowrap | Belfast–International | Birmingham | Bournemouth | Cardiff | Coventry | Doncaster/Sheffield | East Midlands | Glasgow | Leeds/Bradford | Liverpool | London–Gatwick | London–Luton | London–Stansted | Manchester | Newcastle upon Tyne}} | hubs = | focus_cities = | alliance = | fleet_size = | destinations = | website = | 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 Thomson Airways.

Thomsonfly Limited held a Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.

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. Thomsonfly Limited changed its name to Thomson Airways in October 2008.

Fleet

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/thomsonfly_b757-200_g-byap_arp.jpg" caption="Boeing 757-200]] landing at [[Bristol Airport]], [[England]] (2007)"] ::

In October 2008, Thomsonfly operated an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:

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Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Routes	64
Boeing 737-300	11	148	Short and medium haul
Boeing 737-500	4	131	Short haul
Boeing 737-800	16	189	Short and medium haul
Boeing 757-200	20	235	Short and medium haul
Boeing 767-200ER	4	290	Short, medium and long haul
Boeing 767-300ER	9	283/328	Short, medium and long haul
Total
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Statistics

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Number of passengers	Number of flights	Load factor	2005	2006	2007
9,505,928	52,461	80.1%
9,617,416	54,063	82.6%
9,444,973	54,515	84.6%
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=80&pagetype=88&pageid=1&sglid=1
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References

References

1. [http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?categoryid=183&pagetype=90&pageid=340 CAA operating licence]
2. (5 October 2004). "Axe falls as Britannia parent TUI restructures". Flight Global.
3. [http://news.travelcounsellors.co.uk/New_Thomson_Airways_brand_launched_18644154.html New Thomson Airways brand launched] {{Webarchive. link. (10 July 2008)
4. [http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=summary&owner=thomsonfly&pageIndex=1 CAA Aircraft Register]
5. [http://www.thomsonfly.com/en/company_1331.html Thomsonfly Fleet]
6. Number of passengers uplifted on both scheduled and non-scheduled flights.
7. Number of flights represents total flights during that year.
8. Load factor represents number of seat-km used as a proportion of number of seat-km available.

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