Thomas Cook

[daz211]

Are we seeing a strong move to long haul with tcx leaving the
Shorter holiday destinations been sold through easyjet if so
this Seems to be a good move and the share price is also moving up
Hope tcx continue to grow.

[Skipness One Echo]

Haven't they just escaped from the long haul market by dumping most of their A330s? Last week's strategy was to get out of there.

[janeyTA]

They've got an aircraft flying from MAN to CUN, CCC and HOG this winter that they are saying is an A330 but it won't have a premium cabin or seatback IFE. If they're looking to get back more into longhaul, I can't see a lack or premium and seatback IFE doing them any favours.

[daz211]

The new long haul routes from Manchester are
From what I understand are tcx signature holidays
Thought they would want a good IFE system and a
Premium service on these flights

[MKY661]

Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook Belgium and Vondor to merge together on 1st March:
Thomas Cook to merge Condor, Thomas Cook Belgium and Thomas Cook UK into one airline on March 1 | World Airline News

Not sure if Thomas Cook Scandinavia is to merge with them too.

[goldeneye]

The Scandinavian airline is not currently included in the changes, they will be with some of the behind the scenes functionality for now though.

The signs of this have been there for a while now, Just last month TC Belgium and Condor announced they will be codesharing in routes, Condor is selling SFB and LAS on TCX flights via its website for a few months now.

I do think this is a positive move for the company.

[TCX69]

It`s not been mentioned on here yet. But Thomas Cook are to add ex-bmi A330 G-WWBM to their fleet from the winter 13/14 season. The aircraft is currently stored in VCV. Be interesting to see what config this ends having as it has a completely different galley\washroom layout to the current TCX A330`s.

[janeyTA]

Maybe that's the one I was referring to at #1403?

[waffler]

Rumours of Thomas Cook using an Aer Lingus 330-200 for the next 2 winters.
That has all the goodies, AVOD, Business Class, 274 seats and WiFi.

[NEastMidlands]

The seating plan they are selling is 42 rows of 3-3-3 and obviously 2-3-2 at the back

[mizake the mizzen]

Thomas Cook/Aer Lingus

If this rumour is true then that will be 3x EI A330s planned out on lease for Winter2013/14 .
One EI A330 is expected to be going to Scandinavia for a Tour Operator there, to cover their Longhaul programs.

[peachair732]

Although its all over the net about thomas cook merging its three irlines but I cannot find anywhere if they are dropping the Condor name? Remember that last Time Thomas Cook tried that and then due to complaints, they reinstated the Condor name on its planes. Surely they will not repeat this? It was obvous German holidaymakers valued and trusted the Condor name and wanted it back, so why would they do this again? Please no Thomas Cook, leave the Condor name on the planes.

[goldeneye]

I have a feeling that the Condor name will end up being the name for all the group airlines down the line.

[EI-A330-300]

Just to confirm Aer Lingus will not be operating from the UK with Thomas Cook, only 1 A330 will be operated and that is from Scandinavia. They only have one spare aircraft, remaining fleet is all utilized year round.

[TSR2]

Remember that last Time Thomas Cook tried that and then due to complaints, they reinstated the Condor name on its planes.

And they did not drop the name altogether. It was Thomas Cook - powered by Condor.

[peachair732]

Thomas Cook reverted back to Condor as the main titling on the planes, I just hope they recognise and respect the history and prestige of the Condor name and brand. Thomas Cook is not as well known for German public, Condor is and I hope they retain the Condor name, if its only on the plane and in name only.

[Velocity-]

a/c bases

Does anyone have any information on how many and which type of a/c are going to be based at which airports in the UK for S13?

If anyone also has a flying programme for BHX S13 that would be grand too.

[GlasgowBoy]

@Velocity-

Does anyone have any information on how many and which type of a/c are going to be based at which airports in the UK for S13?

Dunno about other airports, but at GLA, we've got 2x 753s coming back, and 1x 752 for the full duration. We've sadly lost a 752 unit from last summer, and will instead have third-party airlines doing the flights unit#4 was supposed to do.

We also have an A330 positioning up from LGW on Saturday mornings, to operate Sanford on Sat & Sun; and CUN on Mondays.

[IrishFlyer2013]

Here is what will be based in BRS/CWL/STN/EMA & BFS for Summer 2013.

BRS - 2 A320
CWL - 1 A320
STN - 1 A320 (1 A321 from mid july - start of September)
EMA - 2 A321
BFS - 1 A321 (1 A320 from mid july - start of September)

[TCX69]

From what I can gather it's:

BFS: 1x A321
BHX: 3x B752
BRS: 2x A320
CWL: 1x A321
EMA: 2x A321
GLA: 1x A332 (Sat-Mon), 1x B752, 2x B753
LGW: 1x A320, 2x A332, 4x B752
MAN: 1x A321, 2x A332, 3x B752, 3x B76W
NCL: 1x A320, 2x B752
STN: 1x A320

As for BHX:

Mon:
PMI, LPA
MAH, BJV
CFU, DLM

Tue:
EFL, AYT
PMI, TFS
JTR, HER

Wed:
IBZ, SSH
FUE, DLM
LCA, NBE

Thu:
PMI, KGS, ZTH
LEI, ACE
ZTH, DLM

Fri:
TFS, CFU
REU, HER, BOJ
MAH, DLM

Sat:
PMI, ADB
AYT, NBE
ALC, RHO
FUE

Sun:
ZTH, KGS
NBE, SSH
IBZ, LCA