TUIfly Totally Explained

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TUIfly is the third biggest airline in Germany (after Lufthansa and Air Berlin) and was founded in January 2007 as a cooperation of Hapag-Lloyd Flug and Hapag-Lloyd Express whose brands Hapagfly and HLX.com are no longer used. All flights are operated by Hapag-Lloyd Flug while Hapag-Lloyd Express markets them.
   TUIfly offers both charter and low-cost flights. About 60% of all seats are sold directly, 30% as a part of a TUI holiday package, and 10% by other agencies. In contrast to other low-cost carriers, all seats are pre-assigned at check-in, however on most routes no complimentary meals or refreshments are provided.
   With a fleet of currently 54 Boeing 737 aircraft, TUIfly is Germany's third largest operator, only surpassed by Lufthansa and Air Berlin. As it doesn't have an IATA or ICAO designator of its own yet, usually the former designators of HLX are used (with a few exceptions for legal reasons). While most flights are operated by Hapag-Lloyd Flug, there are also some flights operated by Germania.
   TUIfly have recently announced that all their Thomsonfly aircraft will also be renamed and have the same look as TUIfly, thus Thomsonfly will no longer be around. Due to the impending merger of First Choice Airways and Thomsonfly, All first choice aircraft will also be rebranded as TUIfly.
   The airline had a special program for students in the beginning 2007. The program contained unrestricted number of flights through special airports in Europe during a period for a fixed fare. In fall the airline announced to close this program.
   In the second Q. 2007 the load factor was "only" about 79%, after about 92% in the year before. The airline announced closing their Leipzig and Bremen hubs, growing in Cologne/Bonn instead.
   On 29th January 2008, plans were announced to merge low-cost airline operations of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and TUI Travel PLC (Germanwings, Eurowings, TUIfly) into a joint and independent holding company.

Destinations

See TUIfly destinations.

Virtual airline

Following the tradition of its predecessors, TUIfly also has a virtual counterpart called TUIfly-virtual that's officially approved by TUIfly. Its members are simulating the flights of TUIfly using Microsoft Flight Simulator on networks like IVAO or VATSIM.

Fleet

The TUIfly fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2008):

3 Boeing 737-300
9 Boeing 737-700
35 Boeing 737-800 (one aircraft is operated by XL Airways Germany)

As of May 2008, the average age of the TUIfly fleet is 7.3 years ((External Link

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