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Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited was an airline
As of September 2019, the collective fleet of Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited and its members included the following aircraft:
holding company
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of the defunct British Thomas Cook Group
Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — an ...
. The airlines operated as a single operating segment of the Thomas Cook Group
Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — an ...
to allow aircraft to be used when and where they were needed. There were five members of the airline division at the time of the airline's closing, consisting of Condor
Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua ''kuntur''. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.
They are:
* The Andean condor (''V ...
, Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomas Cook Airlines Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline headquartered in Manchester, England. It was founded in 2007 from the merger of Thomas Cook Group and MyTravel Group, and was part of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines. I ...
, Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics
Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics S.L. was a Spanish leisure airline that launched in 2017 and was previously owned by the Thomas Cook Group. After the collapse of its parent company on 23 September 2019, the airline itself was eventually declared ...
, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, and Thomas Cook Aviation. The airline operated with a total of 105 aircraft based in the United Kingdom
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and Germany
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History
In 2013 the CEO ofThomas Cook Group
Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — an ...
, Harriet Green, merged the British Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomas Cook Airlines Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline headquartered in Manchester, England. It was founded in 2007 from the merger of Thomas Cook Group and MyTravel Group, and was part of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines. I ...
, Danish Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, German Condor
Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua ''kuntur''. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.
They are:
* The Andean condor (''V ...
, and the now-defunct Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium into one single operating segment, after the closing of Thomas Cook Airlines Canada
Thomas Cook Airlines Canada was the Canadian charter brand of Thomas Cook Airlines. It was based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The airline served destinations to the Caribbean, Mexico, and to North America.
History
Operations began on 5 November 2 ...
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The United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority
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Role
Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles ...
announced on 23 September 2019 that the group had gone into liquidation. While the British subsidiary Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomas Cook Airlines Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline headquartered in Manchester, England. It was founded in 2007 from the merger of Thomas Cook Group and MyTravel Group, and was part of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines. I ...
ceased operations immediately, all the other remaining airline branches continued to operate.
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia was bought by separate investors and rebranded on 1 November 2019 as Sunclass Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics
Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics S.L. was a Spanish leisure airline that launched in 2017 and was previously owned by the Thomas Cook Group. After the collapse of its parent company on 23 September 2019, the airline itself was eventually declared ...
ceased all operations on 26 December 2019, and also Thomas Cook Aviation on 2 April 2020. As of April 2020, only Condor
Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua ''kuntur''. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.
They are:
* The Andean condor (''V ...
continues to operate.
Airlines
The following airlines were part of, or previously part of the division until its demise in September 2019. Airlines that remained active past the demise continued operations separately from the division.Fleet
As of September 2019, the collective fleet of Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited and its members included the following aircraft:
References
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