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Sunclass Airlines A/S (formerly Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia) is a Danish charter airline that operates charter services from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The company is affiliated with Ving Group, a Nordic tour operator. It and Ving Group were a part of Thomas Cook Group until 23 December 2019 when Norwegian investor Petter Stordalen and Strawberry Group rebranded the company as Sunclass Airlines.[1]

Sunclass Airlines A/S

IATA ICAO Callsign DK VKG VIKING
Founded	1 January 1994 (as Premiair A/S)
Commenced operations	1 January 1994 (as Premiair A/S) 1 May 2002 (as MyTravel Airways A/S) 8 May 2008 (as Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia) 1 November 2019 (as Sunclass Airlines)
Operating bases	Billund Copenhagen Gothenburg Helsinki Malmö Oslo Stockholm–Arlanda
Fleet size	12
Destinations	48
Parent company	Strawberry Group (40%) Altor Funds (40%) TDR Capital (20%)
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Website	sunclassairlines.dk

The airline was originally founded in 1994 as Premiair. It was renamed MyTravel Airways in 2002 before being renamed Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia when Thomas Cook Group acquired the previous parent company MyTravel Group. In 2019, the airline was renamed Sunclass Airlines after Thomas Cook Group entered liquidation.

History

The airline's roots trace back to two airlines: Conair of Scandinavia owned by Danish Spies Group and Scanair, of the Swedish SLG - Scandinavian Leisure Group. It formed when the two charter airlines were merged and was established on 1 January 1994 as Premiair A/S.

In 1994, SLG was acquired by Airtours;[2] in 2002 the airline was renamed MyTravel Airways A/S (MyTravel Airways Scandinavia).

In May 2008, after MyTravel Group was acquired by Thomas Cook Group, the airline was renamed to Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia.[3]

On 23 September 2019, Thomas Cook Group plc went into administration and ceased trading with immediate effect after failing to secure £200 million in emergency funding. Causing the airline to initially suspended operations,[4] but has since resumed flights.[5][6] It continued to operate flights to leisure destinations, mainly in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands, as well as some long-haul service from several bases in the Nordic countries until November 2019.[7]

On 30 October 2019, it was announced that a new investment consortium consisting of Norwegian businessman Petter Stordalen (Strawberry Group) and two private firms (Altor Equity Partners and TDR Capital) had acquired Ving Group (also known as Thomas Cook Northern Europe) from AlixPartners which handled the acquisitions of Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, Ving, Tjäreborg and Spies and was also one of the liquidators of Thomas Cook Group.[8] Following the acquisition, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia was renamed Sunclass Airlines and acquired a new air operator's certificate (AOC).[9][10]

While the Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia name would continue to be present to passengers including on tickets, airport signage and aircraft liveries for an unspecified period during the rebranding process to the Sunclass Airlines name, the airline would retain Thomas Cook's original "sunny heart" logo as part of its branding.[11]

On 26 November 2019, it was announced the airline had secured its new AOC.[12]

In December 2020, just over a year since its rebrand, Sunclass unveiled a rebrand, doing away with the sunny heart logo associated with the Thomas Cook Group to make way for its own new identity.[13]

In November 2021, Sunclass Airlines announced an Airbus A330neo would be delivered in 2022 for its long-haul operations.[14]

Destinations

Fleet

Current fleet

As of October 2022^[update], the Sunclass Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[15][16]

Sunclass Airlines fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			P	Y	Total
Airbus A321-200	9	—	—	212	212
Airbus A330-200	1	—	49	273	322
Airbus A330-300	1	—	8	388	396
Airbus A330-900	1	1	84	289	373
Total	12	1

Former fleet

Sunclass Airlines had previously operated the following aircraft:^{[citation needed]}

Sunclass Airlines former fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Airbus A300B4	3	1994	2001
Airbus A320-200	20	1994	2015
Boeing 757-200	1	2002	2003
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10	4	1995	2001
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30	1	1997	1998

See also

• List of airlines of Denmark

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Sunclass Airlines

Sunclass Airlines ist eine dänische Charterfluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Dragør und Basis auf dem Flughafen Kopenhagen-Kastrup. Sie wurde im Oktober 2019 von einer Investorengruppe in Rechtsform einer Anpartsselskab (ApS) als Nachfolgerin der zuvor in Kopenhagen ansässigen Fluggesellschaft und Aktiengesellschaft Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia A/S gegründet. Letztere wurde vollständig in die neue Gesellschaft überführt. Die Betriebsaufnahme unter dem Namen Sunclass Airlines erfolgte am 31. Oktober 2019 mit einem neuen Air Operator Certificate.[2][3][4]

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- [en] Sunclass Airlines

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[es] Sunclass Airlines

Sunclass Airlines, anteriormente llamada Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, es una aerolínea chárter con sede en Copenhague, Dinamarca, Oslo, Noruega y Estocolmo, Suecia, que opera vuelos "todo incluido" a destinos vacacionales en Europa y el Mediterráneo, así como servicios de larga distancia desde su base en el aeropuerto de Copenhague y otros aeropuertos en los países nórdicos.[3] La compañía era parte de la red de aerolíneas Thomas Cook junto con Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium y Condor. A partir de 2019 la aerolínea cambió su nombre a Sunclass Airlines.

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[fr] Sunclass Airlines

Sunclass Airlines, anciennement, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia est une compagnie aérienne danoise basée dans trois pays scandinaves : le Danemark, la Norvège et la Suède mais dont le siège social est à Copenhague au Danemark.

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[ru] Sunclass Airlines

Sunclass Airlines A/S (ранее известная как Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia) — датская чартерная авиакомпания, совершающая туристические авиаперевозки из стран Скандинавии: Дании, Швеции и Норвегии. До 2019 года входила в Thomas Cook Group, но после её банкротства была приобретена Strawberry Group и норвежским инвестором Петтером Стордаленом, впоследствии чего Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia была переименована в Sunclass Airlines[1].

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