All-New Thomas Cook Airline Ready To Take To The Skies

Any passenger travelling with Thomas Cook from the 30th of March 2008 will be flying with an all-new airline that is launching with its first new flight on Sunday from Monastir to Tunisia.

The improvements with the all-new Thomas Cook are far reaching beginning with a considerably enhanced library of movies for long haul flights. On short-haul flights there will be a selection of two films available that cabin crew will use to tailor to the passengers in the aircraft at the time.

If you are in need of a little retail therapy then you will not be disapointed as passengers will be able to select from names such as Lola Rose jewellery, Billy Bag products and Tom Ford fragrances for men. For those passengers travelling within the premium cabins they will be treated to duvet quilts rather than blankets and u-shaped pillows designed specifically for enhancing comfort on flights.

The preparation for the upgrading of Thomas Cook airlines has been well planned with 18,000 crew days in total being completed ready for the new service that will place new and challenging roles for many of Thomas Cook Airlines staff. The aircraft have been re-painted in new liveriews using some 17,000 litres of paint and an incredible 5 million flight manual pages have been ammended and modified.

Thomas Cook Airlines managing director Frank Pullman said, “We’re very pleased to have our new airline ready for take-off from East Midlands Airport, enabling us to serve the people of the East Midlands even more effectively during the all-important summer season this year”. The reason behind the re-branding of Thomas Cook Airlines was due to a merger with MyTravel meaning that preparations needed to be made for the groups 3.2 million passengers. In total Thomas Cook passengers will be flown over 50 million miles by 600 pilots and to 78 destinations served by 2,000 crew members.

Thomas Cook UK & Ireland is the second largest leisure travel group in the UK with around 19,000 employees. The company operates a fleet of 42 aircraft, has a network of more than 800 high street stores (Thomas Cook and Going Places), leading websites (www.thomascook.com and www.airtours.co.uk), its own television channel Thomas Cook TV (Sky channel 645) and some of the world's favourite travel brands.

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Published by: Jon Vickery