Thomas Cook HAS to acquire majority (49%) ownership of these 'available' carriers to make ONE large carrier so that in 2 to 5 years it can fall into bankruptcy and fail. Thereby wiping out all three charter carriers. That's how the Canadian airline businesses (I hate the reference, industry) works.
Doesn't it?
What did we learn from the Canada 3000 experiment with Royal and....(yes, them again) CanJet??? Nothing?
...watch this space