JMC Air

IATA ICAO Callsign MT JMC JMC
Founded	March 2000
Ceased operations	31 March 2003 (rebranded as Thomas Cook Airlines)
Hubs	London Gatwick Manchester
Focus cities	Birmingham Bristol London Stansted Newcastle Manchester Airport London Gatwick Airport
Fleet size	49
Destinations	see Thomas Cook Airlines
Headquarters	Commonwealth House, Manchester Airport & Concorde House, Gatwick Airport
Key people	Thomas Cook, John Mason Cook

JMC Air Services, (also known as JMC Air, JMC Airlines or simply JMC), was a UK charter airline formed by the merger of Caledonian Airways and Flying Colours Airlines, following the purchase of Thomas Cook Group by the Carlson Leisure Group. JMC Air was named after the initials of the son of Thomas Cook, John Mason Cook. The airline was rebranded in March 2003 to form the current Thomas Cook Airlines. The airline served seat-only customers directly and package holiday customers via Thomas Cook Holidays and Airtours Holidays.

History

It started operating under the name from March 2000. The main operating bases were London Gatwick Airport and Manchester Airport. Aircraft were also stationed at London Stansted Airport, Birmingham International Airport, Bristol Airport, Glasgow International Airport, Cardiff Airport and Newcastle Airport.

At the start of operations the fleet consisted of Boeing 757-200, Airbus A320 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft. Subsequently, the airline became the first UK operator of the stretched Boeing 757-300. Thomas Cook was sold to C&N Touristic of Germany in 2000. On 31 March 2003 Thomas Cook rebranded the airline along with its other airlines as Thomas Cook Airlines.^[1]

Fleet

JMC operated the following aircraft before rebranding.^[2]

A JMC Air Airbus A320-200 taxiing at Manchester Airport in 1999

JMC were the first UK operator to use the Boeing 757-300.^[3]

Destinations

See: Thomas Cook Airlines destinations

References

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