Summary
Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited[3] was an airline holding company of the defunct British Thomas Cook Group. The airlines operated as a single operating segment of the Thomas Cook Group 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, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, and Thomas Cook Aviation. The airline operated with a total of 105 aircraft based in the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany.[4][5]
 Thomas Cook/Condor Flugdienst Logo 2013-2019 | |
| Formerly | Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited (2017, 2018-2019) Thomas Cook Group Airlines Plc (2017-2018) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Division Private Limited Company |
| Industry | Airline Holding Company |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Defunct | 23 September 2019 |
| Fate | Ceased trading and entered into compulsory liquidation[1] |
| Headquarters | Manchester, United Kingdom Frankfurt, Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Christoph Debus (Chief Airlines Officer) Manu Larose (Group Airline Director) |
| Services | Transport |
| Revenue |  £3,519 million (2018)[2] |
| Members | |
| Parent | Thomas Cook Group |
| Website | thomascookairlines condor |
History edit
In 2013 the CEO of Thomas Cook Group, Harriet Green, merged the British Thomas Cook Airlines, Danish Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, German Condor, and the now-defunct Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium into one single operating segment, after the closing of Thomas Cook Airlines Canada.[4][5]
The United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority announced on 23 September 2019 that the group had gone into liquidation. While the British subsidiary Thomas Cook Airlines 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,[6] Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics ceased all operations on 26 December 2019,[7] and also Thomas Cook Aviation on 2 April 2020.[8] As of April 2020, only Condor continues to operate.
Airlines edit
The following airlines were part of, or previously part of, the division until its demise in September 2019. The airlines that remained active past the demise continued operations separately from the division.
| Airline | Country | Joined Thomas Cook |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condor |  Germany
|
2001 | Condor is a German leisure carrier that operates a mixed fleet of both Boeing and Airbus aircraft. |
| Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) |  United Kingdom
|
2001 (as JMC Air) |
Thomas Cook Airlines was established in 2001 and began operating in 2003, after being renamed from the former JMC Air. The airline operated the Airbus A321-200 and Airbus A330-200. It went defunct when Thomas Cook Group filed for insolvency in 2019. |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics |  Spain
|
2017 | Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics was a Spanish airline that was established in 2017, following the cessation of Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium. It operated the Airbus A320-200. The airline ceased all operations on 26 December 2019. |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium |  Belgium
|
2001 – 2017 | Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium originally joined Thomas Cook AG in 2001, before being sold to Lufthansa and subsequently ceasing operations and exiting the division in 2017. |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia |  Denmark
|
2007 (as MyTravel A/S) |
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia was a Scandinavian airline that operated flights from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland to worldwide destinations. In October 2019, its parent company was acquired by an investment consortium and the airline was rebranded as Sunclass Airlines. The airline operates the Airbus A321-200, Airbus A330-200, and Airbus A330-300. |
| Thomas Cook Aviation | Germany
|
2018 | Thomas Cook Aviation was established in 2018 as "Air Berlin Aviation GmbH" and later renamed. The airline operated Airbus A321-200 aircraft for Condor in Düsseldorf and Leipzig. It filed for bankruptcy on 2 April 2020.[9] |
Fleet edit
As of September 2019, the collective fleet of Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited and its members included the following aircraft:[5]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | E | Total | ||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 7 | — | – | 180 | 180 | Operated by Condor |
| 6 | Operated by Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics | |||||
| Airbus A321-200 | 4 | 1 | – | 220 | 220 | Operated by Condor |
| 29 | Operated by Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) | |||||
| 8 | Operated by Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | |||||
| 8 | Operated by Thomas Cook Aviation | |||||
| Airbus A330-200 | 8 | — | 49 | 273 | 322 | Operated by Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) |
| 1 | Operated by Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | |||||
| Airbus A330-300 | 3 | — | – | 408 | 408 | |
| Boeing 757-300 | 15 | — | – | 275 | 275 | Operated by Condor |
| Boeing 767-300 | 16 | 1 | 53 | 217 | 270 | |
| Total | 105 | 2 | ||||
References edit
- ^ "Compulsory liquidation of Thomas Cook Group plc". Thomas Cook Group. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Thomas Cook Group plc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited - HM Government - Companies House". Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Thomas Cook group Airlines to launch". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Thomas Cook Group Airlines Fleet". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia renamed Sunclass Airlines". ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Eiselin, Stefan (26 December 2019). "Wet-Lease-Anbieterin: Thomas Cook Balearics ist insolvent". aeroTELEGRAPH (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ Lapers, Thibault (2 April 2020). "[Coronavirus] German leisure airline Thomas Cook Aviation files for bankruptcy". Aviation24.be. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "[Coronavirus] German leisure airline Thomas Cook Aviation files for bankruptcy". 2 April 2020.