Thomas Cook Airlines to take flight from Sunday
28.03.08
Thomas Cook is to launch its new airline on Sunday (March 30), operating 42 aircraft from 11 bases in the UK. Thomas Cook Airlines first flight will go from Gatwick Airport to Reus in Spain at 05:05 on Sunday, and there will be a special reception before boarding to celebrate the launch.
The new airline was formed after Thomas Cook's merger with MyTravel. It will carry 2.9 million passengers this summer to 78 destinations.
Thomas Cook Airlines managing director Frank Pullman said: ‘Over the coming months we have a number of changes scheduled, all of which will add to the customer's enjoyment and comfort, such as increased seat pitches and new cabin crew uniforms.’
These include a wider choice of movies on long haul flights and a new selection of in-flight products will be available. Those travelling in premium cabins will enjoy duvet quilts instead of blankets and u-shaped pillows.
In addition, cabin crew have been extensively retrained, with a total of 18,000 crew-training days undertaken, more than 17,000 litres of paint have been used to re-brand aircraft and amendments have been made to over five million pages of flight manuals.
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