TUI fly (Belgium) (TB, Brussels National) has grounded its fleet of E195-E2s due to a shortage of spare parts at Antwerp.

The TUI Group carrier has been forced to divert all flights to and from Antwerp to Brussels National given that Antwerp’s runway is too short to handle the airline’s B737NG fleet, a spokesperson confirmed to Belgium's Aviation24.be.

"Due to ongoing problems in the global supply chains, important spare parts for our Embraer E2 aircraft have been arriving several months late for some time. As a result, a first E195-E2 could no longer be operated and TUI fly has already been forced to move departures from Antwerp to Brussels," TUI fly told ch-aviation, adding that the remaining two E2s were also impacted by situations requiring missing spare parts and had to be grounded. The carrier said it was working closely with its suppliers to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and resume flights to and from Antwerp.

OO-ETA (msn 19020042) and OO-ETB (msn 19020049) were parked at Brussels between July 22 and 26, ADS-B data shows. Meanwhile, OO-ETC (msn 19020053) has been inactive since March 23, 2024, after a flight from Tetuan. The jets all use Pratt & Whitney PW1000 powerplants.

The ch-aviation schedules module shows that TUI fly offers flights from Antwerp to Alicante, Antalya, Corvera, Ibiza, Irakleion, Malaga, Nador Arwi, Oujda, Palma de Mallorca, Split, Tangiers, and Tenerife Sur, all using its Embraer fleet.

The ch-aviation fleets module shows that TUI fly (Belgium) operates a fleet of 20 in-house aircraft, namely four B737-700s, five B737-8s, seven B737-800s, one B787-8, and three E195-E2s. It also wet-leases six A320-200s from several sources (LEAV Aviation, SmartLynx Airlines Estonia, and SmartLynx Airlines Malta) and one B787-8 from sister carrier TUI fly (Netherlands).