Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium ended operations October 27th, in a pre-coordinated closure that was announced earlier this year, when Lufthansa purchased the airline in March. The airline's services, operations and traffic rights will now be subsumed into Lufthansa's Brussels Airlines subsidiary, along with two aircraft. The remaining aircraft will be transferred to other Thomas Cook airline companies.
Airbus A320-214 MSN 1381 F/F 12/6/10
Condor Berlin D-AICI 1/25/01 - 5/3/13
Condor D-AICI 5/3/13 - 6/25/15
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium OO-TCX 6/25/15 - 10/27/17
[Operated the last flight for the airline HAJ-BRU 10/27/17]
The airline was established in December 2001, with operations commencing in March 2002. Initially tickets could only be purchased as part of a package tour, although seat only purchases were later made possible from January 2004. Apart from the 2003-2004 sub-lease of a Dutchbird 757, the airline's fleet has always consisted of Airbus A320s. 24 have been operated (including a single A319 between 2012-2015) although typically about six on average at any one time at the peak of the summer season.
Thomas Cook Airlines Brussels - Fleet Total (at July 1st 2002-2017)
2002: 4 2010: 7
2003: 7 2011: 7
2004: 6 2012: 6
2005: 5 2013: 5
2006: 6 2014: 7
2007: 6 2015: 6
2008: 6 2016: 5
2009: 6 2017: 5
