TUI pilot recruitment

A tourism group headquartered in Hanover, TUI operates five leisure airlines in Europe: TUI Airways, TUI fly (Germany), TUI fly Belgium, TUI fly Netherlands and TUI fly Nordic, with a Boeing medium- and long-haul fleet.

TUI fleet, hub and head office

125

Aircraft in the fleet

1968

Founded

Head office

Hanover, Germany

Main hub

Network of bases in Europe (United Kingdom and Ireland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries)

Fleet (aircraft types operated)

Boeing 737-800, 737 MAX 8, 787-8, 787-9; Embraer 195-E2 (TUI fly Belgium)

The airlines of the group
Airline	Country	Main base	IATA / ICAO codes	Fleet
TUI Airways	United Kingdom	17 bases across the United Kingdom and Ireland	BY / TOM	Boeing 737-800, 737 MAX 8, 787-8, 787-9according to TUI UK, fleet page
TUI fly	Germany	Hanover, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart	X3 / TUI	Boeing 73722 aircraft (page consulted on 2 October 2026), according to TUI Deutschland, TUI fly help page
TUI fly Belgium	Belgium	Brussels, Antwerp, Ostend	TB / JAF	Boeing 737-800, 737 MAX 8; Embraer 195-E2according to TUI fly Belgium, fleet page (fleet shared with TUI fly Netherlands)
TUI fly Netherlands	Netherlands	Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen	OR / TFL	Boeing 737 MAX 8, 787-8according to TUI fly Belgium, fleet page (fleet shared with TUI fly Belgium)
TUI fly Nordic	Sweden	Nordic countries (head office in Stockholm)	6B / BLX	Boeing 787 (long-haul)according to TUI Sverige, long-haul travel classes page

Pilot recruitment at TUI

Each airline in the group recruits separately, depending on its needs and the period. Generally recruits pilots qualified on the Boeing 737 or 787; check the vacancies and any training pathways on each airline's careers site.

Fleet: 125 aircraft (rounded figure, five airlines of the group), according to TUI Group, About us page, page consulted on 2 October 2026. Recruitment information is given as a guide only (public sources, subject to change over time): always check the current conditions on the airline's careers site.

Pay and conditions, from public sources

Figures published by the airline, pilot unions or the press, each one dated (last update: August 2026). For information only.

TUI Airways (UK): cadets are paid as second officers, on a full-time salary of about £68,459 a year before training costs are deducted over four years (TUI FAQ, 2025 programme).
TUI Airways (UK): after that deduction, cadet pay is about £37,751 a year, versus £32,867 quoted for the 2023 intake (January 2025).
TUI Airways (UK): the fully funded MPL programme (training, licences, exams, equipment, uniform) lasts about 19 months and leads to a Boeing 737 type rating; the 2023 intake had 30 places (December 2022).
TUI Airways (UK): no MPL intake in 2026, as the airline says it is not needed to meet its pilot demand for summer 2028 (January 2026).
TUIfly (Germany): agreement with Vereinigung Cockpit on a new pay agreement, reinstating annual step increases, raising the pay tables linearly, improving trainer and extra-flight-hour pay, and extending the pension and insurance protocol by three years (February 2025).
TUIfly (Germany): the union describes the rise as significant and offsetting recent purchasing-power losses, without publishing a percentage (March 2025).
TUI fly Belgium: about 20 aircraft based in Belgium and 2,100 staff; the Liège base has closed, Antwerp is due to close in March 2027 and long-haul has moved to Amsterdam (August 2026).
TUI fly Belgium: the Setca/BBTK union threatened strike notice after the group CEO spoke of a possible cut in the Belgian fleet (August 2026).

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