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 TUI fly Netherlands Boeing 787-8 | |||||||
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| Founded | February 2005 (2005-02) (as Arkefly) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 21 April 2005 (2005-04-21) | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
| Destinations | 601 | ||||||
| Parent company | TUI Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
TUI fly Netherlands, legally incorporated as TUI Airlines Netherlands (formerly branded as Arkefly and Arke),2 is a Dutch charter airline headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.3 It is the charter carrier of the Dutch arm of the German travel conglomerate TUI Group. Its main base is Schiphol Airport.4
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.5 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.6 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.7
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.8
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 2018.9 In November 2024, TUI fly Netherlands retired their last Boeing 767-300ER as the last TUI Group operator of this type.10
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.11
As of September 2023, TUI fly Netherlands serves the following destinations:
Codeshare agreements
Additionally, TUI fly Netherlands used to have a codeshare agreement with Surinam Airways.22
Fleet
Current fleet
As of August 2025, TUI fly Netherlands operates the following aircraft:23
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| W | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 6 | — | — | 189 | 189 | |
| Boeing 787-8 | 4 | — | 25 | 280 | 305 | |
| Total | 10 | — | ||||
Former fleet
TUI fly Netherlands formerly operated the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-200 | 7 | 2019 | 2022 | Leased for the Summer seasons. |
| Airbus A321-200 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 | Leased from British Midland International. |
| Boeing 737-300 | 1 | 2013 | 2013 | Leased from AirExplore. |
| 1 | 2015 | 2015 | Leased from Jet Time. | |
| Boeing 737-400 | 2 | 2013 | 2013 | Leased from AirExplore. |
| Boeing 737-800 | 21 | 2005 | 2021 | |
| 2 | 2022 | 2022 | Leased from Sunwing Airlines. | |
| Boeing 737-900ER | 2 | 2008 | 2008 | Leased from Futura International Airways. |
| Boeing 757-200 | 1 | 2009 | 2009 | Leased from Skyservice Airlines. |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 7 | 2000 | 202410 |
References
References
- tui.nl - Vliegbestemmingen TUI retrieved 15 March 2017
- Arklefly shortens its name to just Arke Drum, Bruce, World Airlines News. 22 October 2013, retrieved 3 November 2013
- "Arkefly." TUI Nederland. Retrieved on 28 September 2009. "ArkeFly Beech Avenue 43 1119 RA Schiphol-Rijk Postbus 75607 1118 ZR Schiphol-Triport"
- "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 77.
- Flight International 27 March 2007
- "ArkeFly Discontinues St. Maarten Service". Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- "Aircraft Operators - TUI fly Netherlands". www.hef.ru.nl. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- "Arke Fly kicks off TUI Group rebranding exercise". CH Aviation. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "TUI GROUP ANNOUNCE SELECTION OF 18 BOEING 737 MAX 10S". aviation24.be. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- "TUI fly Netherlands ends B767 operations". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- "Tickets and destinations". Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- "TUIfly Netherlands (OR) flight index". Flightmapper.
- "TUI blijft vliegen op de Caribische eilanden vanaf Amsterdam" (in Dutch). Curacao.nu. 23 June 2022.
- "TUI fly adds new seasonal service Amsterdam-Tirana".
- "SLM wants to compete with KLM and TUI on Curaçao-Amsterdam route". Curaçao Chronicle. 21 April 2023.
- "TUIfly Netherlands Expands Finland Service in 1Q25".
- "Nieuwe Luchthaven Dakar voordeel voor TUI-reizigers" (in Dutch). Luchtvaartnieuws. 8 December 2017.
- "TUIfly Netherlands 1Q24 Boeing 767 European Operations".
- "TUIfly Netherlands Assumes TUI Airways Ireland Service From May 2025". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- "TUI start komende winter vluchten tussen Schiphol en Scandinavian Mountains" (in Dutch). Luchtvaartnieuws. 11 July 2023.
- "TUI Fly adds new seasonal service Amsterdam-Gazipasa".
- "TUI Netherlands / Surinam Airways plans codeshare service from April 2017". Routesonline. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- "Global Airline Guide 2025 - TUI fly Netherlands". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 69.