Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited was an airline

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of the defunct British

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. The airlines operated as a single operating segment of the

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

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Thomas Cook Airlines Thomas Cook Airlines Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline headquartered in Manchester, England. It was founded in 2007 from the merger of Thomas Cook Group and MyTravel Group, and was part of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines. It ...

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Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Sunclass Airlines A/S (formerly Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia) is a Danish charter airline that operates charter services from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The company is affiliated with Ving Group, a Nordic tour operator. It and Vin ...

, and

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. The airline operated with a total of 105 aircraft based in the

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and

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History

In 2013 the CEO of

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, merged the British

, Danish

, German

, and the now-defunct

Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium was a Belgian leisure airline owned by the Thomas Cook Group. It operated scheduled flights to destinations throughout Europe and Africa from its base at Brussels Airport. The airline operated from 2002 until 2017. ...

into one single operating segment, after the closing of

Thomas Cook Airlines Canada Thomas Cook Airlines Canada was the Canadian charter brand of Thomas Cook Airlines. It was based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The airline served destinations to the Caribbean, Mexico, and to North America. History Operations began on 5 November 2 ...

. The United Kingdom's

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announced on 23 September 2019 that the group had gone into liquidation. While the British subsidiary

ceased operations immediately, all the other remaining airline branches continued to operate.

was bought by separate investors and rebranded on 1 November 2019 as

Sunclass Airlines Sunclass Airlines A/S (formerly Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia) is a Danish charter airline that operates charter services from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The company is affiliated with Ving Group, a Nordic tour operator. It and Ving ...

ceased all operations on 26 December 2019, and also

on 2 April 2020. As of April 2020, only

continues to operate.

Airlines

The following airlines were part of, or previously part of the division until its demise in September 2019. Airlines that remained active past the demise continued operations separately from the division.

Fleet

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As of September 2019, the collective fleet of Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited and its members included the following aircraft:

References

{{Thomas Cook Group Airline holding companies Airlines established in 2013 Airlines disestablished in 2019 Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom British companies established in 2013 British companies disestablished in 2019