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Thomas Cook Airlines

IATA Code
MT
ICAO Code
TCX
Corporate Address
Hangar 1,
Western Maintenance Area,
Runger Lane,
Manchester Airport,
Manchester, M90 3FL,
UK
Website
http://www.thomascookairlines.co.uk
Main hub
London Gatwick Airport
Country
United Kingdom
Business model
Charter

Thomas Cook Airlines is a British charter airline with its main bases at Manchester and London Gatwick airports. Formed in 2000 following the merger of Flying Colours and Caledonian Airways, the airline operated under the name JMC Airlines until 2003, after which it assumed the name Thomas Cook Airlines. The airline merged in 2008 with MyTravel Airways, and today operates short- and long-haul services to destinations in the Mediterranean, East Asia and the Caribbean.

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UK airports record strong summer and first half, but charter carriers face up to new realities

14-Sep-11 2:51 PM

The UK’s major airports have reported a surprisingly upbeat summer season, with the country’s largest airport operator BAA setting a new passenger traffic record. London Luton, Gatwick, City and Manchester have also posted encouraging results this year, as the country shifted back into growth mode after a difficult few years. But BAA has warned that the better times could to be coming to an end, with a weaker-than-expected growth outlook for the remainder of the year.

Emirates and Lufthansa growing strongly this summer: World's biggest airlines rankings for August

11-Aug-11 4:17 PM

Lufthansa and Emirates are the fastest growing carriers of the global top ten, increasing their capacity (ASKs) by 12.4% and 8.1% year-on-year, respectively. Delta remains the world's leading carrier by this measure, followed by American Airlines and United Airlines. Combined, United-Continental is roughly 3.3% bigger than Delta by systemwide ASKs.

UK Government publishes call for evidence about its stake in NATS

22-Jun-11 3:04 PM

The UK Government is taking another look at its ownership in UK air navigation services provider (ANSP) NATS, announcing a "call for evidence" over its stake. The ANSP, partially privatised in 2000, has been the subject of much debate over the past six months, concerning the ownership levels of the government and other partnersft6.

Narita sees 60% pax decline since Japan earthquake; UK budget shakes shares

25-Mar-11 5:52 PM

The outlook after the Japanese earthquake was still not entirely clear this week even as Narita International Airport Corporation stated all operations at the airport had returned to normal, and Delta reported it was operating its “normal” 40 flights a day to Japan.

Chorus Aviation (formerly Jazz Air Income Fund) net jumps 35.8%

9-Feb-11 3:40 PM

In its first earnings report since its corporate conversion to Chorus Aviation - formerly Jazz Air Income Fund - posted a 35.78% increase in year-end net income bringing in CAD125.8 million. However, ex special items related to its corporate conversion, the company’s net was CAD55 million.

Westjet CEO, Gregg Saretsky WestJet poised to reap benefits of 2009 investments

28-Sep-10 3:46 PM

The four major investments made by WestJet during 2009 – new reservations systems for both its scheduled and non-scheduled businesses, a loyalty programme with credit card and partnerships with international carriers – have positioned the airline to support the planned 4-7% capacity growth expected in the next two years, according to CEO Gregg Saretsky, who spoke before the Ninth Annual CIBC Eastern Investors Conference on Thursday.

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