Thomas Cook Airlines (United Kingdom)
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| IATA code : | MT |
| ICAO code : | TCX |
| Call sign : | THOMAS COOK |
| Founding: | 1999 |
| Operation stopped: | 2019 |
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Manchester , UK
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| Home airport : | Manchester |
| Company form: | Limited |
| IATA prefix code : | 727 |
| Management: | Jean Christoph Debus |
| Fleet size: | 46 |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.thomascookairlines.com |
| Thomas Cook Airlines ceased operations in 2019. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Thomas Cook Airlines (formerly JMC Airlines ) was a British charter airline based in Manchester and based at Manchester Airport .
history
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On February 5, 1999, the two British tourism groups Carlson Leisure Group and Thomas Cook Group merged to form Thomas Cook Holdings . In the course of the merger, its subsidiaries Flying Colors Airlines and Caledonian Airways were merged on September 1, 1999 to form JMC Airlines , which began operations on March 27, 2000. The abbreviation JMC stood for John Mason Cook , the son of Thomas Cook .
In 2001, the German C&N Touristic took over the British travel company Thomas Cook Holdings , creating Thomas Cook AG . The JMC Airlines was later set in on 31 March 2003 Thomas Cook Airlines renamed.
In June 2007 Thomas Cook AG and the British MyTravel Group merged to form the Thomas Cook Group . As a result, the airline MyTravel Airways was fully integrated into Thomas Cook Airlines on March 30, 2008 .
In September 2011 it was announced that Thomas Cook Airlines would lay off 250 employees and flee six aircraft as part of restructuring measures.
In August 2013 it was announced that the base in Manchester would be expanded into a hub for long-haul flights and that the route network would be restructured accordingly. The model for this is the long-haul base of the sister company Condor in Frankfurt am Main. In September 2013, the Thomas Cook Group Airline, consisting of Condor and the British, Belgian and Danish Thomas Cook Airlines, presented their new joint brand identity, which included a completely new corporate design and a new livery of the fleet in gray / white / yellow. The first machine in this livery was an Airbus A321-200.
At the beginning of February 2019, the holding company announced that it wanted to divest its flight division. A sale should be made as a strategic decision due to increased last-minute bookings, the airline continues to generate profits.
On September 23, 2019, the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that Thomas Cook Airlines had filed for bankruptcy.
Destinations
Thomas Cook Airlines served a route network to vacation areas in Europe (mainly the Mediterranean region ), North Africa , Asia , North America and the Caribbean . It operated from its hubs in Manchester and Gatwick and seasonally from other smaller British bases such as Belfast , Cardiff and Newcastle .
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Fleet at the end of operations
As of September 2019, the Thomas Cook Airlines fleet consisted of 46 aircraft with an average age of 11.5 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Economy + / Economy ) |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 3 | two leased from Avion Express and one from SmartLynx | 180 (- / 180) | |
| Airbus A321-200 | 36 | 21 equipped with sharklets ; 34 leased; one inactive | 220 (- / 220) | |
| Airbus A330-200 | 7th | three leased from ACG and one from ALC | 321 (- / 321) 322 (49/273) 325 (49/276) |
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| total | 46 | - |
Former aircraft types
Awards
- Best Airline Website - UK Travelmole Web Awards 2015
- Europe's Leading Charter Airline 2015 - World Travel Awards
- World's Leading Charter Airline 2015 - World Travel Awards
See also
Web links
- Website of the Thomas Cook Airlines (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Commission of the European Communities, May 26, 1999
- ↑ travelmole.com - Thomas Cook to ax 250 jobs (English) accessed on September 8, 2011
- ↑ airliners.de - news from all over the world week 33/2013 , accessed on August 16, 2013.
- ↑ airliners.de - Thomas Cook unites brands under a new symbol , accessed on October 1, 2013.
- ↑ - Thomas Cook wants to sell airlines - including German Condor , accessed on February 7, 2019.
- ↑ Thomas Cook has ceased trading | Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
- ^ Thomas Cook Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved September 17, 2019 .
- ↑ thomascookairlines.com - Our Fleet (English) accessed on June 17, 2015
- ↑ [1] UK Travelmole Web Awards 2015
- ^ World Travel Awards
- ^ World Travel Awards
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