Thomas Cook Shuts Down

Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by chrisseaton on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:08PM (#21050929)

I think the airline part of their business was pretty minor, only a few aircraft, and they were considering selling it anyway. It's not really a story about an airline shutting down.

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Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by meristem on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:14PM (#21050982)

94 aircraft.

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Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by chrisseaton on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:17PM (#21051008)

No they only had 34 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49791249) - others were branded but actually a different company which is possibly able to continue independently thanks to the German government.

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Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by meristem on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:59PM (#21051565)

Huh, I see that on the BBC side, thanks. Guardian had the number as 94. This could be a typo then, as the Thomas Cook Group (all subs) has 105 planes registered, 34 of which by UK sub

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Re:Thomas Cook Shuts Down by stupidcar on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:19PM (#21051032)

This article has them as the 11th largest West European airline: https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/aircraft-flee...

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