Thomas Cook Airlines
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Template:Otheruses4 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 and Newcastle. Its main bases are Manchester (MAN) and London Gatwick (LGW).
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History
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 1998. JMC Airlines was renamed as Thomas Cook Airlines UK on 30 March 2003. The airline is wholly owned by Thomas Cook.
Fleet
The Thomas Cook Airlines UK fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2006):
- 3 Airbus A320-200
- 2 Airbus A330-200
- 14 Boeing 757-200
- 2 Boeing 757-300
In March 2006, Thomas Cook fleet average age is 8.6 years old.
On 13 February 2006, Thomas Cook announced it would be adding 1 Airbus A330-200 to it's fleet, with delivery expected in October 2006, and the aircraft entering service on November 1, 2006. The new aircraft will be used to boost the company's long-haul operations to Canada and the US, which were previously charted out to other airlines.