TUI fly Netherlands


TUI fly Netherlands, legally incorporated as TUI Airlines Netherlands, is a Dutch charter airline headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. It is the charter carrier of the Dutch arm of the German travel conglomerate TUI Group. Its main base is Schiphol Airport.

History

Arkefly

TUI fly Netherlands traces its roots to Air Holland which was founded in 1981. After financial problems, Air Holland was taken over by the ExelAviation Group and took a new start as HollandExel in January 2004. In May 2005, the ExelAviation Group was declared bankrupt. The German TUI Group took over the airline's activities and renamed it ArkeFly.
Operations in Curaçao began on 15 July 2004 as DutchCaribbeanExel, which was also part of the ExelAviation Group but was later taken over, together with sister airline HollandExel, by the TUI Group and renamed ArkeFly Curaçao. ArkeFly started weekly flights to St. Maarten from Amsterdam on 2 December 2007, but discontinued this service in November 2008. TUI holds that flights may resume if the volume of tourists travelling to St. Maarten increases. Operations to Orlando, Miami, Puerto Vallarta, and Israel began in 2011.
In October 2013, Arkefly changed its marketing name to Arke to reflect the partnership with the travel agency of the same name.

TUI fly Netherlands

On 13 May 2015, it was announced by the TUI Group that all five of TUI's airline subsidiaries will be named TUI, whilst keeping their separate air operator's certificate, taking over three years to complete. Arke was the first to undergo the change and was renamed TUI on 1 October 2015, therefore also changing the airline's name.
TUI Group has 70 737 MAX aircraft on order for the group, the order consists of a mix of the 737 MAX 8 and MAX 10 models and some of these will be used for the airline to modernize the fleet and replace older aircraft. The number of aircraft allocated to TUI fly Netherlands is yet unknown with deliveries of the new aircraft commencing in January 2018. In November 2024, TUI fly Netherlands retired their last Boeing 767-300ER as the last TUI Group operator of this type.

Destinations

TUI fly Netherlands carries out scheduled and chartered flights, although most of the chartered flights are operated for the Dutch tour operator TUI Netherlands. It operates to destinations in the Mediterranean, Finland, Canary Islands, Red Sea, Mexico, Caribbean, United States, Africa, Middle East and the Dutch Caribbean. Following is a list of destinations the airline flies and excludes its other destinations from airlines TUI fly Belgium, TUI fly Deutschland, TUI fly Nordic and TUI Airways.
As of September 2023, TUI fly Netherlands serves the following destinations:
CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
ArubaArubaQueen Beatrix International Airport
AlbaniaTiranaTirana International Airport
BonaireBonaireFlamingo International Airport
BulgariaBurgasBurgas Airport
Cape VerdeBoa VistaAristides Pereira International Airport
Cape VerdeSalAmílcar Cabral International Airport
Cape VerdeSão VicenteCesária Évora Airport
CuraçaoCuraçaoCuraçao International Airport
Dominican RepublicPunta CanaPunta Cana International Airport
EgyptHurghadaHurghada International Airport
EgyptMarsa AlamMarsa Alam International Airport
EgyptSharm El SheikhSharm El Sheikh International Airport
FinlandIvaloIvalo Airport
FinlandKajaaniKajaani Airport
FinlandKittiläKittilä Airport
FinlandKuusamoKuusamo Airport
GambiaBanjulBanjul International Airport
GreeceChaniaChania International Airport
GreeceCorfuCorfu International Airport
GreeceHeraklionHeraklion International Airport
GreeceKarpathosKarpathos Island National Airport
GreeceKavalaKavala International Airport
GreeceKefaloniaKefalonia International Airport
GreeceKosKos International Airport
GreecePrevezaAktion National Airport
GreeceRhodesRhodes International Airport
GreeceSamosSamos International Airport
GreeceSkiathosSkiathos International Airport
GreeceZakynthosZakynthos International Airport
JamaicaMontego BaySangster International Airport
MauritiusPlaine MagnienSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
MoroccoMarrakeshMarrakesh Menara Airport
MoroccoNadorNador International Airport
MoroccoOujdaAngads Airport
MexicoCancúnCancún International Airport
NetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdam Airport Schiphol
NetherlandsEindhovenEindhoven Airport
NetherlandsRotterdamRotterdam Airport
NetherlandsGroningenGroningen Airport Eelde
North MacedoniaOhridOhrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport
PortugalFunchalMadeira Airport
PortugalPonta DelgadaJoão Paulo II Airport
PortugalTerceiraLajes Airport
SenegalDakarBlaise Diagne International Airport
SpainFuerteventuraFuerteventura Airport
SpainIbizaIbiza Airport
SpainLa PalmaLa Palma Airport
SpainLanzaroteLanzarote Airport
SpainLas PalmasGran Canaria Airport
SpainPalma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca Airport
SpainTenerifeTenerife South Airport
SpainReusReus AirportSeasonal
SwedenSälen TrysilScandinavian Mountains Airport
TunisiaDjerbaDjerba–Zarzis International Airport
TunisiaEnfidhaEnfidha–Hammamet International Airport
TurkeyAntalyaAntalya Airport
TurkeyBodrumMilas–Bodrum Airport
TurkeyDalamanDalaman Airport
TurkeyGazipasaGazipasa Airport
Turkeyİzmirİzmir Adnan Menderes Airport

Codeshare agreements

Additionally, TUI fly Netherlands used to have a codeshare agreement with Surinam Airways.

Fleet

Current fleet

, TUI fly Netherlands operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

TUI fly Netherlands formerly operated the following aircraft:
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Airbus A320-200720192022Leased for the Summer seasons.
Airbus A321-200120062006Leased from British Midland International.
Boeing 737-300120132013Leased from AirExplore.
Boeing 737-300120152015Leased from Jet Time.
Boeing 737-400220132013Leased from AirExplore.
Boeing 737-8002120052021
Boeing 737-800220222022Leased from Sunwing Airlines.
Boeing 737-900ER220082008Leased from Futura International Airways.
Boeing 757-200120092009Leased from Skyservice Airlines.
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