In May 2010 Corsairfly announced its "Takeoff 2012" modernisation plan, including a reduction of workforce by 25%, the replacement of three Boeing 747-400 aircraft by two Airbus A330-300 aircraft from TUI Group, the refurbishment of all aircraft cabins, leaving the charter flights market, and the termination of routes to Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Québec City, Moncton and Israel. The first destination in this expansion was Miami in June 2010, but the rest of the plan was later abandoned due to a change in the airline's strategy.
In 2008, the airline announced its intention to expand its medium-haul network to the Mediterranean and its long-haul network to Canada and the United States (where it regularly flew in the 1990s), including the establishment of codeshare agreements with Air Canada. The airline held the record for most seats on a passenger aircraft, with 587 seats on its Boeing 747-400s, until they received a new interior which led to a new lower capacity of 533 passengers. As an interim step Corsair aircraft were repainted with Corsairfly markings, although all airlines in the group were expected to have adopted the common TUIfly brand by 2008. At the end of 2005, the TUI Group decided to rename all its affiliated airlines TUIfly. In 2004, Corsair aircraft were repainted with the colours of TUI, a blue fuselage with the TUI-logo, like its sister airlines. In 2000, the TUI Group, one of the world's leading tour-operator groups, took over Nouvelles Frontières. In 1991, the airline obtained worldwide traffic rights. In 1990 it was acquired by Nouvelles Frontières, a French tour operator, and the name was changed to Corsair.
It was founded by the Corsican Rossi family.
The airline was established in 1981 and started operations on as Corse Air International. A former Boeing 747-400 wearing the old Corsairfly livery on approach to Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2008
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