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Thomas Cook Airlines
IATA MT	ICAO TCX	Callsign TOP JET
Founded		1 September 1999
Hubs		Birmingham Airport London Gatwick Airport Glasgow Airport Manchester Airport Newcastle Airport
Fleet size		24
Destinations
Parent company		Thomas Cook AG
Headquarters		Manchester, United Kingdom
Key people
Website: http://www.thomascookairlines.co.uk/

Thomas Cook Airlines is a 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.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Fleet 3 Awards 4 External Links 5 References

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 wholly 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 Canadian Affair (tour operator), offers flights to Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Montreal and Ottawa from London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, 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 it name to JMC Airlines Limited on the 28 April 2000. The company changed to its present name Thomas Cook Airlines UK Limited on the 31 March 2003.^[2]

KarstadtQuelle (owner of Thomas Cook) and MyTravel Group PLC have announced a merger agreement which will see the two companies as one by June 2007. The company will operate on the London Stock Exchange as 'Thomas Cook Group plc' however no details have been released as to whether MyTravel Airways will become Thomas Cook Airlines or the two brands will continue to operate separately.

The Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2006)^[3] :

• 4 Airbus A320-200
• 3 Airbus A330-200
• 16 Boeing 757-200
• 2 Boeing 757-300

In August 2006, Thomas Cook fleet average age is 9.4 years old.

• FlightOnTime.info Runner-Up UK Charter Airline for Punctuality - Summer 2006
• FlightOnTime.info Most Punctual UK Charter Airline - Summer 2002 & Summer 2003
• FlightOnTime.info Most Punctual UK Charter Airline - Winter 2002/03 & Winter 2003/04

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1. ^ Operating Licence
2. ^ Name change to Thomas Cook Airlines
3. ^ UK Civil Aviation Authority - Aircraft Register