"And whose work did SSV take when it was created? When Sunquest wanted their own airline? "
No ones. Here.....write this down so you don't forget.
Sunquest went shopping the idea of a Canadian winter season A320 to C3's Angus Kinnear in 1994. The problem Angus had was what to do with the aircraft the rest of the year so they could not agree on a deal. Russ Payson at Skyservice was approached and Skyservice Airlines was born. The arrangement grew from this initial six month operation into a seasonal swap of aircraft and crews to and from the UK. In 2009 Sunquest decided they could buy seats on other carriers at much lower costs for their summer programs and Skyservice lost A330 and B757 work for its Canadian pilots.
Another piece of Canadian travel company history. Skyservice operated one leased B757 for Sunwing in 2004 when the Hunter's started up again with their newly branded company. The following season, Sunwing wanted to increase the number of aircraft, however, the good people at Sunquest objected. With Signature and Conquest already in the Skyservice family, they did not want yet another tour operator in the group and basically told Russ Payson to choose Sunwing or Sunquest. Russ let Sunwing go and with it Mark Williams moved on to start up Sunwing Airlines with John Hunter and son Steve.
So now Sunquest or Thomas Cook as they are now called have moved on to Jazz. The good people at Jazz will eventually become familiar with the Boeing 757 MEL and how to secure parts for aircraft that Boeing no longer manufactures.
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