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 served leisure destinations worldwide from its main bases at Manchester Airport and Gatwick Airport on a scheduled and charter basis. It also operated services from eight other bases around the United Kingdom. Thomas Cook Group and all UK entities including Thomas Cook Airlines entered compulsory liquidation on 23 September 2019.
A JMC Air Airbus A320-200 on final approach at London Gatwick Airport in 2002
A Thomas Cook Boeing 767-300ER at Manchester Airport in 2011
Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A321-200
Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A330-200
Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — and MyTravel Group until 23 September 2019, when it went into compulsory liquidation. The group operated as a tour operator and airline, and also operated travel agencies in Europe. At the time of the group's collapse, approximately 21,000 worldwide employees were left without jobs and 600,000 customers were left abroad, triggering the UK's largest peacetime repatriation.
A Thomas Cook store in the United Kingdom, which is now operated by Hays Travel
Thomas Cook Travel agency in Bradford, with the 2001–2013 logo of the company
Image: Thomas Cook Airlines, G OMYT, Airbus A330 243 (47663114631)
Image: Condor Flugdienst, Boeing 767 330(ER)(WL), D ABUA FRA (18616170894)