Thomas Cook's summer starts with exclusive new Sicily and Lesbos flights from Birmingham Airport

Louise Arscott, Regional Manager, Thomas Cook and William Pearson, Aviation Director,
Birmingham Airport with the Thomas Cook Airlines crew  

Thomas Cook has launched its summer 2017 programme from Birmingham Airport this week which
includes exclusive new flights to Comiso in Sicily - from £35 one way - and Mytilene on to the Greek
Island of Lesbos - from £49 one way. A new Thomas Cook Sentido Hotel, the Acacia Marina, also
opens this week in Sicily with seven-night packages starting from £486pp based on two people sharing

Also this week there are new flights starting to Malta and Naples and the immensely popular James
Martin inflight meals are relaunched with an amazing summer menu featuring mouth-watering treats
like slow-braised balsamic beef and roast chicken breast available on board

Aviation Director for Thomas Cook, James Burrows, said: "This is a really exciting year for us at
Birmingham with exciting new routes for both independent travellers and package holiday customers.
Together with Birmingham Airport, we're going to more and more great holiday destinations to give
our customers the choice they deserve for their hard-earned holidays"

William Pearson, Aviation Director of Birmingham Airport said: "We are delighted that Thomas Cook has
launched these new flights from Birmingham Airport. The airline is not only offering more capacity on
popular leisure routes but also introducing a brand new destination from Birmingham to Comiso which
means passengers can now visit the beautiful island of Sicily from the Midlands. Thomas Cook is an
established airline that offers something for all passengers, from flight only to all-inclusive holidays
and we welcome its decision to expand from Birmingham"

 www.thomascook.com

Thursday 4 May 2017

Thomas Cook Airlines to base a second Airbus A321 at Birmingham Airport for winter 2016/17

Thomas Cook Airlines has announced it will base an extra new Airbus A321 aircraft

at Birmingham Airport to support its newly launched Winter 2016/17 programme

Brummies looking for winter sun will benefit from another 30,000 seats available

from Birmingham in Winter 2016/17. Gambia, which has proved really popular this

year will go up from one flight per week to two, Tenerife flights will increase from

one to four per week; Lanzarote moves from two to three weekly flights; and Gran

Canaria is a new destination with one flight per week

Thomas Cook Airlines’ Director of Sales and Planning, Henry Sunley, said: "We’re so

proud to have one of our newest A321s based permanently at Birmingham this winter.

And as well as a new plane, our customers can take advantage of our new pre-order

duty free service, Airshoppen, and get their holiday treats delivered straight to their seat"

William Pearson, Aviation Development Director at Birmingham Airport, said: “This is

great news and shows just how successful Thomas Cook is here at Birmingham Airport.

The airline offer routes which are extremely popular with our passengers and demand

for seats is continuing to increase. As an airport we look forward to welcoming the extra

30,000 passengers that this news aircraft will bring" 

www.thomascookairlines.com

Wednesday 3 February 2016

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Birmingham Airport welcomes Thomas Cook Airlines first ever father and daughter flight crew

Last December, Thomas Cook Airlines welcomed the first of its new Airbus A321 aircraft

to be based at Birmingham Airport, and today, Friday 6 February 2015, another first takes

off from the airport – on board the same aircraft

Taking control on the flight deck of the A321 and flying holidaymakers from Birmingham

to Tenerife, was Thomas Cook Airlines’ first ever Father-and-Daughter flight crew

Captain Peter Elliott, one of the airlines’ most senior pilots, and his daughter, Senior First

Officer Laura Elliott, who recently returned to the airline, flew together for first time on

board the new aircraft

Speaking about this remarkable coincidence, SFO Laura Elliott said, "It’s pure chance that

we’ve been rostered on the same flight – I’ve recently come back to Thomas Cook Airlines

and with my Dad moving over to fly the same type of aircraft as me, we were hoping it

would happen one day.  We’re both very proud and we’re really happy to be sharing this

with the airport, our colleagues on board and our customers flying with us"

With 15,500 hours of flying and a pilot trainer for 25 years, Captain Elliott will take command

of the aircraft having moved from operating Boeing to Airbus aircraft ahead of Thomas Cook

Airlines bringing more A321 to Birmingham in 2015.  Alongside him, SFO Elliott joined Thomas

Cook Airlines as a cadet in 2009 and has acquired over 2,500 hours on Airbus type aircraft

Over the last few months, Thomas Cook Airlines has added six brand new Airbus A321 aircraft

to its UK fleet, and this is set to continue in 2015 with three further deliveries from Airbus as

part of the 25 aircraft being delivered to the Thomas Cook Group Airlines by 2016

With the airlines new fleet based at airports across the UK , Birmingham Airport is featuring

the new aircraft in the airlines new Sunny Heart livery.  This follows the news in July last year

that the airline would base four Airbus aircraft at Birmingham in Summer 2015, replacing the

outgoing Boeing 757 fleet - this summer the airline will offer 47,000 more flight seats and

holidays to customers in the Midlands

www.thomascookairlines.com

Friday 6 February 2015

Thomas Cook Airlines welcomes the first of its new Airbus A321s to be based at Birmingham Airport

David Winstanley, Birmingham Airport and Louise Arscott from Thomas Cook with passenger
Mya Yardley from Stourbridge holding the new Sunny Heart Airbus A321

Thomas Cook Airlines UK has welcomed the first of its new Airbus A321 aircraft to be based

at Birmingham - this follows the news in July this year that the airline would base four Airbus

aircraft at the airport Summer 2015, replacing the outgoing Boeing 757 fleet

  
Ahead of the aircraft’s first flight – to Fuerteventura - holidaymakers looking for winter sun
helped celebrate the arrival of the aircraft as they checked-in.  With the new fleet based at
several airports across the UK, Birmingham is the latest to receive a new aircraft which joined
Thomas Cook Airlines this summer
  
Christoph Debus, CEO for Thomas Cook Airlines, said, "It’s an exciting day for our airline as
we bring one of our new fleet of aircraft to Birmingham. We’re convinced that our customers
will love the new comfort and reliability this winter with more legroom and space on-board,
with more aircraft set to arrive next summer to take our customers from the Midlands to
a great range of new destinations"          

David Winstanley, Birmingham Airport’s Chief Operations Officer, said: "Thomas Cook is a

very established airline at Birmingham Airport which has carried nearly nine million passengers

since launching in 1999 so we are delighted that it is placing its new A321 aircraft at Birmingham

Airport to give passengers an enhanced experience

Over the last few months, Thomas Cook Airlines has added six brand new Airbus A321 aircraft
to its UK fleet, and this is set to continue in 2015 with three further deliveries from Airbus as
part of the 25 aircraft being delivered to the Thomas Cook Group Airlines by 2016.  With the
airlines new fleet based at airports across the UK , Birmingham Airport is also set to become
a base featuring the new aircraft in the airlines new Sunny Heart livery

For summer 2015, there will be a 20 per cent increase in flight seats available with Thomas Cook
Airlines. These include three brand new destinations for Birmingham Airport to Mytilene (Lesbos,
Greece), Kalamata (Greece) and Djerba (Tunisia) on top of the new-for-Thomas Cook destination
of Paphos.  The airline will also now be able to offer daily flights to Dalaman, as well as increased
frequencies to Zante, Mahon, Bodrum, Antalya, Izmir, Bourgas and Fuerteventura

These – and flights this winter - can be booked as part of holidays and flight only seats from
Thomas Cook and Co-operative Travel in the Birmingham region, on-line at www.thomascook.com 

www.thomascookairlines.com

Thursday 4 December 2014

Thomas Cook Airlines to add new aircraft and routes at Birmingham Airport for Summer 2015

Thomas Cook Airlines has today announced that it will base an additional aircraft at Birmingham Airport

for summer 2015. The Thomas Cook Airlines fleet will also change to become three Airbus A321 aircraft,
replacing the current Boeing 757 fleet, with the increase to four aircraft completed with an Airbus A320

 

As a result, the airline will be able to offer 47,000 more flight seats and holidays to customers in the

Midlands. Over the last few months, Thomas Cook Airlines has added six brand new Airbus A321 aircraft

to its UK fleet, and this is set to continue in 2015 with three further deliveries from Airbus as part of the

25 aircraft being delivered to the Thomas Cook Group Airlines by 2016.  With the airlines new fleet based

at airports across the UK , Birmingham Airport is also set to become a base featuring the new aircraft in

the airlines new Sunny Heart livery

 
Rob Thompson, Thomas Cook Airline’s Director of Planning, said, "With increasing demand from

holidaymakers for regional departures, it’s great news for travellers from the Midlands as we add more

flexibility and choice with flights and holidays from Birmingham Airport"

"As a base that will include one of our new aircraft, we’re convinced that our customers will love the

new comfort and reliability offered by our new fleet – and the great range of brand new flights for

Birmingham Airport to Mytilene and Kalamata in Greece, and Djerba in Tunisia – and the daily service

to Dalaman in Turkey, our most popular destination"

William Pearson, Aviation Development Director at Birmingham Airport, said: "Thomas Cook’s decision

to base an additional aircraft at Birmingham and introduce these exciting new routes means passengers

looking to book a holiday for summer 15 now have even greater choice. Holidaymakers flying from

Birmingham will also be able to take advantage of Thomas Cook’s new fleet of aircraft, including the

brand new Airbus A321"

For summer 2015, there will be a 20 per cent increase in flight seats available with Thomas Cook Airlines

-these include three brand new destinations for Birmingham Airport to Mytilene - Lesbos, Greece, Kalamata
- Greece - and Djerba - Tunisia - on top of the new-for-Thomas Cook destination of Paphos.  The airline will

also now be able to offer daily flights to Dalaman, as well as increased frequencies to Zante, Mahon, Bodrum,

Antalya, Izmir, Bourgas and Fuerteventura 

 www.thomascookairlines.com

Monday 14 July 2014