Thomas Cook Group Airlines


Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited 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.

History

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.
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 November 1, 2019 as Sunclass Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics ceased all operations on December 26, 2019, and also Thomas Cook Aviation on April 2, 2020. As of April 2020, only Condor 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.
AirlineCountryJoined
Thomas Cook		Description
Condor2001Condor is a German leisure carrier that operates a mixed fleet of both Boeing and Airbus aircraft.
Thomas Cook Airlines 2001
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 Balearics2017Thomas 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 December 26, 2019.
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium2001 – 2017Thomas 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.
2007
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia was a Scandinavian airline that operated flights from Denmark, Norway and Sweden 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 Aviation2018Thomas 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

Fleet

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