White Heather
Well-Known Member
Yes, I am really disappointed to see Thomas Cook Airlines leave us yet again. I am just hoping it is a short term departure and perhaps in 2020, we get a based aircraft, although even if we do the chances are it will be a leased in aircraft. I believe that the airline that they normally lease in from (that they intended to use for LBA and LTN bases to replace Monarch), leased the aircraft Thomas Cook were intending to use to other airlines on a 2 year deal (2018-19), so hopefully they will be freed up for 2020. Still prefer to see a Thomas Cook A321 based here but I can't see them buying one just for us, so we would be dependent upon them pulling one out of another base to give to us. Unlikely! And chances are LTN would be viewed as the more likely base even if they did?Would seem that the management have mixed up the routes and operating airline.
As you say lets wait and see what happens.
Nice to see some variety of airlines but it would have been nice to keep the Tommy Cook A321s as well.