 thomas cook airlines limited, styled as thomas cook, is a british charter airline based in manchester, england. it serves main holiday resorts worldwide, from its main bases at manchester and london gatwick airport. it also operates services from eight other bases around the united kingdom; belfast international airport, birmingham airport, bristol airport, cardiff international airport, east midlands airport, glasgow international airport, london stansted airport and newcastle airport. the airline carried just over 6 million passengers during 2013, and operates a fleet of around 30 airbus and boeing aircraft during the peak summer holiday season, making it the sixth largest uk airline by passengers carried. the airline will standardise its narrow body fleet, replacing boeing 757s with airbus a320 family aircraft over five years beginning in 2012.thomas cook group preliminary results 2010 thomas cook airlines limited holds a united kingdom civil aviation authority type a operating licence, permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.operating licence == history == following the merger between thomas cook ag and mytravel group plc to form thomas cook group plc in june 2007, thomas cook airlines was formed on 30 march 2008 by the merger of thomas cook airlines uk ltd and mytravel airways. the airline commenced operations in time for the summer 2008 season, with a fleet of airbus a320, a321 and a330 aircraft along with boeing 757 and 767 aircraft. ===thomas cook airlines uk ltd=== [[file:thomas cook airlines airbus a320-214; g-dhjz@man;14.05.2011 596ae (5732945374).jpg|thumb|thomas cook aircraft at manchest
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