A new Airbus A321-211 for the Thomas Cook Group Airlines

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• published: 14 Jun 2013
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After three years, the project of integrating the first Airbus A321 has found its successful finish: Since June, 6th 2013, the new Airbus A321 is flying for the German airline Condor. It is the first of 23 new aircraft which will be brought into service at Thomas Cook Group Airlines. In February 2014, the aircraft will being transferred to Thomas Cook Airlines UK where it will then be deployed for departures from the UK on a permanent basis. The specifications for the Airbus A321 were defined by a project team comprising colleagues from across all airlines in Thomas Cook Group, representing the specific needs of each airline. The aircraft was christened "Voyager Android"; the name was chosen in a Thomas Cook Group competition by the employees. "Voyager Android" was created by Harriet Green, Chief Executive of the Thomas Cook Group. It describes the carrier's vision of always being available to its customers regardless of where they happen to be, and so the term also stands for the Group's future, for technology, comfort and the best customer service. A filming team and a photographer attended the aircraft´s assembly, painting plus the delivery ceremony in Hamburg-Finkenwerder and the inaugural event in Berlin-Schönefeld. In addition to the two video on the assembly and the painting, the third video form the finalisation of this for the Thomas Cook Group Airlines important and special process.