Thomsonfly

Thomsonfly

IATA ICAO Call sign BY TOM TOMSON
Founded	18 December 2003 (2003-12-18)
Commenced operations	31 March 2004 (2004-03-31)
Ceased operations	1 May 2009 (2009-05-01) (merged with First Choice Airways to form Thomson Airways)
Operating bases	Belfast–International Birmingham Bournemouth Cardiff Doncaster/Sheffield East Midlands Glasgow Leeds/Bradford Liverpool London–Gatwick London–Luton London–Stansted Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Coventry Airport
Parent company	TUI Travel plc
Headquarters	Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Key people	Chris Browne (MD) John Murphy (DFO) Dawn Wilson (Director of Ground Operations)
Website	www.thomson.co.uk

Thomsonfly 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.^[1]