Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia

Infobox Airline
airline = Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia

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fleet_size = 10
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IATA = MT
ICAO = VKG
callsign = VIKING
parent = Thomas Cook Group PLC
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founded = 2004
headquarters = Copenhagen, Denmark
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secondary_hubs = Copenhagen Airport
focus_cities = Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Malmö, Billund
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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.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 54 | date= 2007-04-10]

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 was established as Premiair (later MyTravel Airways A/S) through the merger of Conair of Denmark and Scanair of Sweden and started operations on 1 January 2004. On 12 February 2007 parent company, MyTravel Group, agreed to merge with Germany's Thomas Cook, a deal completed by June 2007. The airline is wholly owned by the Thomas Cook Group PLC and had 840 employees (at March 2007).

Destinations

Other than Copenhagen, the airline operates flights from other bases: Aalborg (Summer), Billund, Bergen (Summer), Oslo, Sandefjord (Summer), Stavanger (Summer), Trondheim (Summer), Stockholm Arlanda, Gothenburg, Malmö, Helsinki (Winter), and other smaller airports. It also operates ad-hoc charter flights for sports events and special trips for companies and groups, like Easter flights to Lourdes and Christmas flights to Lapland.

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

*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 the 22nd of April 2006, an A330-300 took 407 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 the 18th of 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, Hawaii; 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 July 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=VKG&al_op=1] :

External links

* [http://www.thomascookairlines.dk Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia]

References