Originally Posted by
FRatSTN
Thomas Cook actually shut their STN crew base I believe end of Summer 2017. Since then they've been using wholly third party operators, with 2x aircraft from Smartlynx, as a summer only operation.
They bring in a third aircraft to support the summer peak but this is only a temporary relocation from the Glasgow base.
For Summer 2020 it looks to reduce to just a single A320 from Smartlynx all season, only flying around six or seven routes.
Flew with Thomas Cook last year and the flights are flown by Smartlynx Cockpit crew but the Cabin Crew are wholly Thomas Cook. I know that’s the same this year, I don’t believe Smartlynx provide any cabin crew for the Stansted based fleet. Not sure if this is the same at other TCX bases.