Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia

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Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia

IATA DK ICAO VKG Callsign VIKING
Founded	2004
Focus cities	Oslo, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Billund , Helsinki
Fleet size	12
Destinations	38
Parent company	Thomas Cook Group PLC
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
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Website	http://www.thomascookairlines.dk/

Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia is a Scandinavian charter airline based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It operates inclusive tour flights to holiday destinations in Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as long-haul services. Its main base is Copenhagen Airport.^[1]

Whilst the Scandinavian market is served by Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, sister airline Thomas Cook Airlines, serves the United Kingdom market. The airline was known as MyTravel Airways A/S until 8 May 2008.

History

The airline's roots trace back to two airlines: Conair of Scandinavia, owned by Danish Spies Group and Scanair, of the Swedish SLG - Scandinavian Leisure Group. When SLG bought the Spies Group, the two charter airlines were merged, and established on 1 January 1994 as Premiair. In 1996, SLG was acquired by Airtours Plc (UK), and the airline's fleet repainted to match its new sister airline Airtours International, though maintaining the name Premiair. In November 2001, Airtours Plc changed its name to MyTravel Group Plc, and in 2002 Airtours International and Premiair were re-branded as MyTravel Airways and MyTravel Airways A/S, respectively. On 12 February 2007, it was announced that MyTravel Group would merge with Thomas Cook AG, subsequently merging MyTravel Airways into Thomas Cook Airlines during the Winter season 2007-2008. MyTravel Airways A/S was re-branded as Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia on 8 May 2008.

Destinations

One of Thomas Cook Scandinavia's Airbus A321 at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.

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Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia operates inclusive charter flights for tour operators from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, Northern Africa, Canary islands, the Far-East and the Americas, as well as ad-hoc flights for companies, football clubs, etc.

Bases

• Denmark - Aalborg (Summer), Billund and Copenhagen
• Finland - Helsinki
• Norway - Bergen, Oslo, Sandefjord, Stavanger and Trondheim (Summer)
• Sweden - Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm Arlanda

European

• Bulgaria - Bourgas and Varna
• Cyprus - Larnaca
• France - Grenoble
• Greece - Chania, Corfu, Heraklion, Karpathos, Kos, Kavalla^, Mytilini, Preveza, Rhodes and Skiathos^
• Portugal - Madeira
• Spain - Arrecife, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas, Palma de Mallorca and Tenerife South Airport
• Switzerland - Geneva
• Turkey - Antalya

North Africa

• Egypt - Hurghada
• Gambia - Banjul
• Morocco - Agadir
• Tunisia - Monastir

Worldwide

• Dominican Republic - Puerto Plata
• India - Goa
• Mexico - Cancún
• Thailand - Phuket and Krabi
• UAE - Sharjah (stop-over on flights to and from Thailand)
• USA - Fort Lauderdale

Around the World in 21 days

To celebrate two of (then) MyTravel's main tour operators (Spies and Ving) 50th anniversaries, a trip around the world was arranged. It was sold out the same day it was announced. On 22 April 2006, an A330-300 took Danish and Swedish passengers on a trip around the world in 21 days. The route was as follows: Stockholm, Sweden; Copenhagen, Denmark; Hamilton, Canada; San Francisco, USA; Honolulu, Hawaii; Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Sydney, Australia; Sandakan, Malaysia; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Agra, India; Muscat, Oman; Cairo, Egypt and back to Copenhagen and Stockholm. This trip was a complete success, so much so, that it was repeated the following year. On 18 April 2007, a new group of Scandinavians took off for another trip around the world in 21 days. The route was slightly changed this time: Scandinavia; Toronto, Canada; San Francisco, USA; Honolulu; Nadi, Fiji; Sydney, Australia; Cairns, Australia; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Chiang Mai, Thailand; Muscat, Oman and back to Scandinavia.

Fleet

The Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 12 February 2009) [1]:

Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia has a long-term agreement with Air Greenland, in which they have use of Air Greenland's A330-200 and B757-200 for ad-hoc and special flights, when these are not flying their scheduled routes.

External links

• Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia

References