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===Mergers and rebrandings===
Since 1997, it had been a subsidiary of [[TUI AG]], which also includes the [[Hapag-Lloyd]] cargo container line and cruise line. When TUI released their new "big smile" logo in 2002, the Hapag-Lloyd livery that had remained unchanged for almost 30 years was completely changed to a new, light blue, white and red scheme with the new TUI logo on the tail to represent TUI's new corporate design. 2002 also saw the founding of [[Hapag-Lloyd Express]], a [[Low-cost carrier|low-cost airline]] that was to compete with the likes of [[Ryanair]].

In November 2005, the airline changed its name to Hapagfly due to the new marketing strategy of the [[TUI Group]]. In January 2007 in a restructuring, it combined its operations with [[Hapag-Lloyd Express]] to become [[TUIfly]],<ref>[[Flight International]] 3 April 2007</ref> for which it operated all flights, while Hapag-Lloyd Express marketed them until TUIfly got its own license.