-200 series at
Glasgow International Airport July 2006.]]
is a
British Charter Airline based in
Manchester ,
United Kingdom . It serves all the main holiday resorts in the
Mediterranean and more distant countries from
Birmingham ,
Nottingham East Midlands ,
Glasgow ,
London Gatwick ,
London Stansted ,
Manchester ,
Doncaster-Sheffield and
Newcastle . Its main bases are
Manchester (MAN) and
London Gatwick (LGW).
Thomas Cook Airlines UK Limited holds a
United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence: it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
Operating Licence
The airline was established on
1 September 1999 and started operations on
27 March 2000 . It was created as
JMC Airlines through the merger of
Flying Colours Airlines and
Caledonian Airways , following the integration of the Carlson Leisure group with
Thomas Cook , which bought both airlines under common ownership in October 1999. JMC Airlines was renamed as Thomas Cook Airlines UK on
30 March 2003 . The airline is owned by Thomas Cook.
The airline operates for a number of tour operators but Thomas Cook Tour Operations is the main user of the airline. Thomas Cook Airlines launched its own seat only service in 2005 under the name Fly Thomas Cook.
Thomas Cook Airlines, with tour operator Canadian Affair, offers flights to
Calgary ,
Toronto ,
Vancouver ,
Halifax ,
Montreal and
Ottawa from London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and Birmingham airports in the United Kingdom. The flights to Eastern Canada are operated by re-configured
Boeing 757-200 aircraft with 187 seats and 35" seat pitch. The Western
Canada flights are on
Airbus A330 aircraft.
The company was incorporated on
24 January 1996 as Flying Colours Airlines Limited. It changed its name to JMC Airlines Limited on
28 April 2000 . The company changed to its present name, Thomas Cook Airlines UK Limited, on
31 March 2003 .
Name change to Thomas Cook Airlines .
Thomas Cook AG &
MyTravel Group PLC officially merged to form
Thomas Cook Group PLC on Tuesday 19th June 2007 and opened on the
London Stock Exchange , with
KarstadtQuelle retaining a 51% stake in the new company.
Thomas Cook Airlines and
MyTravel Airways will be merged into one airline under the name of
Thomas Cook Airlines for summer 2008, with a fleet of
Airbus and
Boeing Aircraft.
-300 series at
Manchester International Airport ]]
The Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of June 2007)
Civil Aviation Authority Aircraft Register :
In August 2006, Thomas Cook fleet average age is 9.4 years old.
