Thomas Cook Airlines

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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).

Contents

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Fleet
4 Future Fleet
5 Incidents

5.1 External links

Code Data

IATA Code: MT
ICAO Code: TCX
Callsign: Top Jet

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 (plus 1 on order)
14 Boeing 757-200
2 Boeing 757-300

In March 2006, Thomas Cook fleet average age is 8.6 years old.

Future Fleet

On 13 February 2006, Thomas Cook announced it would be adding 1 Airbus A330-200 to its 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.

Thomas Cook have just taken delivery of G-TCBA a B757-200 from First Choice Airways, previous registration number was G-OOOY.

Incidents

A Boeing 757-200 en route Montreal-London Gatwick was forced to make an emergency landing at Toronto's Pearson on July 2,2006 evening after the crew reported a hydraulic problem.
A Boeing 757-200 en route Manchester-Menorca on July 6,2006 was hit by lightning as it was climbing out of Manchester. The aircraft diverted and landed safely at London's Gatwick around 8am.
A Boeing 757-200 en route Birmingham-Lanzarote on July 6,2006 was hit by lightning as it was climbing out of Birmingham. The aircraft diverted and landed safely at Manchester around.
A Boeing 757-200 en route Tenerife-Newcastle earlier this year was thought to have a fire on board the aircraft. It diverted to Manchester and had to make an emergency landing.

External links

Airlines of the United Kingdom

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