Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium
| Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | |
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| IATA code : | HQ |
| ICAO code : | TCW |
| Call sign : | THOMAS COOK |
| Founding: | 2001 |
| Operation stopped: | 2017 |
| Seat: |
Zaventem , Belgium
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| Operational bases: | |
| Home airport : | Brussels-Zaventem |
| IATA prefix code : | 583 |
| Management: | Jean-Christophe Degen ( General Manager ) |
| Number of employees: | 160 |
| Fleet size: | 4th |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.thomascookairlines.be |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium ceased operations in 2017. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium was a Belgian charter airline based in Zaventem and based at Brussels-Zaventem Airport . It ceased operations at the end of October 2017.
history
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium was founded on December 12, 2001 as a charter and ad-hoc / ACMI company by the German Thomas Cook AG in order to serve the Belgian market. Flight operations began on March 13, 2002. Since June 19, 2007, it has been part of the Thomas Cook Group through the merger of Thomas Cook and MyTravel Group PLC .
On March 30, 2017, the sale of the company for autumn 2017 was announced, whereby Brussels Airlines would take over the majority of Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium. Around 160 pilots and flight attendants, all slots and two Airbus A320s were transferred to Brussels Airlines and flight operations ceased on October 27, 2017. It was planned that the remaining three Airbus A320s should be assigned to the new Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics in Spain .
At the beginning of November 2017, SHS Aviation BV, the Dutch holding company of VLM Airlines , took over two Airbus A320s and the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium. The AOC and the aircraft were used to set up the independent, Brussels-based airline VLM Airlines (2017) , which, in contrast to the original VLM Airlines, was active in the area of ACMI leasing .
Destinations
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium operated vacation charter flights from Belgium to the Mediterranean . The home base was Brussels-Zaventem Airport . She also flew from Liege .
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As of October 2017, the Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium fleet consisted of five aircraft with an average age of 18.3 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 3 | 180 | ||
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | operated by Air Baltic | 120 | |
| total | 4th |
See also
Web links
- Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium website (French, Dutch, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium CEASES all operations. ch-aviation , October 30, 2017.
- ↑ Brussels Airlines to absorb Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium. In: ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH, March 30, 2017, accessed on March 11, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Condor gets sister in Mallorca , accessed on October 28, 2017
- ↑ Ch-Aviation, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium ceases all operations, October 30, 2017 (in English), accessed October 30, 2018
- ↑ Ch-Aviation, VLM Airlines (Brussels) scouting for A320s, March 6, 2018 (in English), accessed on October 30, 2018
- ↑ a b Ch-aviation - Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium (English), accessed on October 28, 2017
