TUI fly Belgium, legally incorporated as ''TUI Airlines Belgium S.A./N.V.'' and formerly branded ''Jetairfly'', is a

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scheduled and

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with its registered office at

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. The airline is a subsidiary of the

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and part of the TUI Airlines. TUI Airlines also incorporates the sister companies

TUI fly Netherlands TUI fly Netherlands, legally incorporated as ''TUI Airlines Netherlands'' (formerly branded as ''Arkefly'' and ''Arke''), is a Dutch charter airline headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, ...

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(France),

TUI fly Deutschland TUI fly Deutschland, formerly ''TUIfly'', is a German leisure airline owned by the travel and tourism company TUI Group. It is headquartered at Hannover Airport with bases at several other German airports. TUI fly Deutschland is part of TUI Gro ...

(Germany),

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(United Kingdom) and

TUI fly Nordic TUI fly Nordic is a charter airline headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and is a part of the TUI Group. It operates short, medium and long-haul flights to leisure destinations from several airports in the Nordic countries, on behalf of the tour ...

(Sweden).

History

Het hoofdkantoor van de Jetairfly - Ostend (2009)

The airline was established as Sunrise in 2002 as a home carrier for tour operator ''Jetair'', part of the tourism group

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and re-established as TUI Airlines Belgium on 13 November 2003. The original plans were to operate two aircraft, but after charter company

Sobelair ''Société Belge des Transports par Air SA'', known by its short form Sobelair, was a Belgian charter airline from that operated from 1946 to 2004. It was headquartered in Brussels (later in Zaventem) and operated mostly non-scheduled passen ...

(home carrier for Jetair) ceased its operations, started its operations with 5

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. On 23 November 2005, the airline was renamed Jetairfly as part of the rebranding around Belgium's number 1 tourism trade name Jetair. In January 2012, Jetairfly announced that

Jet4you Jet4you was a low-cost airline based in Casablanca, Morocco. It operated services between Moroccan cities and destinations in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland (Sunway charter) and Italy. Its main base was Casablanca Mohammed ...

, 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. In March 2012, Jetairfly officially became a full scheduled airline, while previously a part of their flights were conducted as charter flights. As a result, all flights can be booked in both directions even by non-EU citizens. In the beginning of 2013, Jetairfly was the first leisure airline worldwide to introduce the

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in 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 new

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. On 14 November 2014, Jetairfly sealed a

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deal to provide up to four aircraft with crew to operate on behalf of

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, the flag carrier of the

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, from mid-2015 on. In 2015, it was the first and only Belgian airline with an

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certification for their focus on sustainability and the smallest

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. On 13 May 2015, it was announced by the TUI Group that all five of TUI's airline subsidiaries will be named TUI fly, whilst keeping their separate

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, taking over three years to complete. On 19 October 2016, Jetairfly received the new brand name ''TUI fly Belgium'' with the legal name still being ''TUI Airlines Belgium NV'' as the second airline within the TUI group which underwent the name change.ch-aviation.com - Jetairfly rebrands as TUIfly Belgium
21 October 2016

Destinations

TUI fly Belgium has a network of 180 routes to more than 100 airports in the

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Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...

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and the

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. The airline's home base is

, but flights are also operated from eight other bases:

Brussels South Charleroi Airport Brussels South Charleroi Airport, nl, Luchthaven Zuid-Brussel Charleroi, german: Flughafen Brüssel-Charleroi (BSCA), also unofficially called Brussels-Charleroi Airport, Charleroi Airport or rarely ''Gosselies Airport'', is an internationa ...

, Liege Airport, Ostend-Bruges International Airport,

Antwerp Airport Antwerp International Airport, french: Aéroport International d'Anvers, german: Flughafen Antwerpen is a small international airport serving the City of Antwerp in the Province of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Located south of ...

Lille Airport Lille Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Lille) is an airport located in Lesquin, south-southeast of Lille, a city in northern France. It is also known as Lille-Lesquin Airport or Lesquin Airport. Lille is the principal city of the Lille M ...

in France, Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca and

Marrakesh Menara Airport Marrakesh Menara Airport ( ber, ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ, french: link=no, Aéroport Marrakech Ménara, ar, مطار مراكش المنارة, ) is an international airport serving Marrakesh, Jetairfly - OO-JDL

The TUI fly Belgium fleet includes the following aircraft, as of December 2022:

Fleet modernisation

has 70

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s on order for the group.Boeing 737 Orders & Deliveries
/ref> The order consists of 18 MAX 10 aircraft, 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. Deliveries of the new aircraft to the TUI Group commenced in January 2018 with the first aircraft, a

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, delivered to TUI fly Belgium.

Former fleet

TUI fly Belgium formerly operated the following aircraft:

Service

Short- and medium-haul

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

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service offering snacks and drinks for purchase. *''Economy Class'' with standard service, including catering. *''Economy Class'' with ''Service 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.

Long-haul

;Boeing 767 *''Economy Class'' with standard service including catering. *''Comfort Class'' with lounge access and security fast lane at Brussels-Zaventem Airport, premium meals including free alcohol, newspapers, extra legroom and amenity kits. ;Boeing 787 *''Economy Class'' with standard service including catering. *''Economy+ Class'' with extra legroom and enhanced standard services. *''Premium Club'' with 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 is AVOD for every passenger.

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial TUI website
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