Monday 23rd September 2019 - BREAKING NEWS - Thomas Cook Collapses

About 150,000 Britons have had their travel plans thrown into disarray after the collapse of Thomas Cook, leading to chaos in airports and hotels.

The 178-year-old travel giant has cancelled all its flights, leading the government to initiate its biggest repatriation effort since the Second World War.

The company’s 21,000 employees - around 9,000 of whom are UK-based - have lost their jobs, with 600,000 people worldwide having their travel plans disrupted.

A sad day in aviation news. Here are some of my favourite photos over the years of all different models and liveries. Farewell TCX, 1841-2019
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Thursday 8th August 2019 - Jet Aviation Airbus A330-243 Prestige VP-BHD arrives from Graz

Jet Aviation Airbus A330-243 Prestige VP-BHD was a late evening arrival from Graz

Sunday 28th July 2019 - British Airways Airbus A320-232 G-EUYE diverts from Pisa - Heathrow

TUI Airlines Belgium Airbus A320-214 ES-SAQ was a wet afternoon arrival on Runway 33 from Dubrovnik

British Airways Airbus A320-232 G-EUYE spent the day parked on Stand 22 after arriving during the early hours. The aircraft was an overnight diversion from Pisa - London Heathrow which was late running due to an earlier diversion to Rome

Tuesday 23rd July 2019 - Cavok Air Antonov An-12B UR-CNN parked on the Elmdon Apron

Cavok Air Antonov An-12B UR-CNN spent the evening parked on the Elmdon Apron

Beech B200 Super King Air G-NIAA was an evening short stay arrival 

PIA Boeing 777-240(ER) AP-BGJ departed off Runway 15 to Islamabad...

...While Jet2 Boeing 737-85P G-GDFF was a departure to Alicante

Lufthansa Airbus A320-211 D-AIPD operated their evening service to Frankfurt. The aircraft is in the Star Alliance scheme

Jet2 Boeing 737-85P(WL) G-DRTA departed off Runway 15 to Palma

Smartwings Boeing 737-8FN(WL) OK-TVL operated the evening Czech Airlines flight to Prague

KLM Boeing 737-8K2(WL) PH-BCA was a departure to Amsterdam


Friday 19th July 2019 - Turkish Airbus A321-231 TC-JSU in special "The Lego Movie 2" livery

Turkish Airbus A321-231 TC-JSU departed off Runway 15 operating their afternoon service to Istanbul. The aircraft is in the special "The Lego Movie 2" livery


Thursday 4th July 2019 - Holiday Destination: Gran Canaria!

Blue Air Boeing 737-82R(WL) YR-BMJ taken from the International Pier

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-231 G-TCVD taxiing down Echo due to the closure of Delta 4/5 due to works

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-271NX was a delayed departure to Istanbul

Emirates Airbus A380-842 A6-EUQ which touched down on Runway 33...

...Operated the EK39 service from Dubai and parked on stand 54C

Olympus Airbus A321-231 SX-ACP was an arrival from Larnaca

Jet2 Boeing 737-85F(WL) G-GDFV which arrived from Alicante was my LS1259 flight outbound to Las Palmas, parking on stand 40



Sunday 16th June 2019 - Olympus Airbus A321-231 SX-ACP flying for TUI

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-TCDK was an afternoon departure off Runway 15 to Kos


Flybe Dash 8-Q400 G-JECP operated their afternoon service to Belfast City

TUI Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWB departed to Paphos


Jet2 Boeing 737-808 G-DRTD was an afternoon departure to Rhodes


easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZEY operated their flight to Belfast International

Thomas Cook Airbus A320-233 LY-VEN departed to Larnaca...


...While Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DYB operated their late afternoon service to Dublin


TUI Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWF was another afternoon departure off Runway 15 to Larnaca


Olympus Airbus A321-231 SX-ACP operated the TOM7752 flight to Kefalonia on behalf of TUI. The aircraft is based for the summer and is Ex Monarch G-OJEG


Jet2 Boeing 737-85P G-JZHH operated their service to Tenerife


Qatar Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner A7-BDB taxiing down Delta ahead of its departure to Doha


Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72-600 EI-FAT was an arrival on Runway 15 operating their service from Cork...


...While Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-271NX TC-LSD touched down from Istanbul