Private company
Charter airline of the United Kingdom (2003–2009)
Thomsonfly was a British charter and scheduled airline. It 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.2 It was founded in 1962.1 It is headquartered in Luton.1 It ceased to exist in 2008.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Thomsonfly was a British charter and scheduled airline. It 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 integrated on 1 November 2008 as Thomson Airways and fully merged on 1 May 2009.2
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As part of a wider reorganisation of TUI's UK operations in September 2004, it was announced that Britannia Airways would soon be rebranded Thomsonfly. Thomsonfly changed its name to Thomson Airways in October 2008 after it started integrating with First Choice Airways, a process that was completed on 1 May 2009.
From Wikipedia’s article on Thomsonfly, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
In October 2008, Thomsonfly operated an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:
From Wikipedia’s article on Thomsonfly, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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