Thomson Airways : Ask Biography

Airline

Airline

Thomson Airways

IATA

ICAO

TOM

Callsign

TOMSON

Founded

1962 as Britannia Airways

Commenced operations

1 November 2008 (as Thomson Airways)

Bases

*Belfast (seasonal) *Birmingham *Bournemouth *Bristol *Cardiff *Doncaster/Sheffield *Dublin *East Midlands *Edinburgh *Exeter *Gatwick *Glasgow *London-Luton *London-Stansted *Manchester *Newcastle

Fleet size

Destinations

Parent company

TUI Travel PLC

Headquarters

Luton, UK

Key people

Chris Browne (Managing Director) Carl Gissing (Director of Customer Services) John Murphy (Director of Flight Operations) Fraser Ellacott (Director of Engineering)

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Thomson Airways is the world's largest charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights from the UK to destinations across Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. The company commenced operations on 1 November 2008, following the merger and subsequent re-branding of Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways. Thomson Airways is headquartered in Luton, United Kingdom. It carried over 10.9 million passengers in 2010, making it the third largest UK airline by total passengers, after EasyJet and British Airways.

Thomson Airways 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.