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Sunclass Airlines

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Sunclass Airlines A/S
IATA ICAO Callsign
DK VKG VIKING
Founded1 January 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01-01) (as Premiair A/S)
Commenced operations
  • 1 January 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01-01) (as Premiair A/S)
  • 1 May 2002; 22 years ago (2002-05-01) (as MyTravel Airways A/S)
  • 8 May 2008; 16 years ago (2008-05-08) (as Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia)
  • 1 November 2019; 4 years ago (2019-11-01) (as Sunclass Airlines)
Operating bases
Fleet size14
Parent companyStrawberry Group (40%)
Altor Funds (40%)
TDR Capital (20%)
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
Key peopleValdemar Warburg (CEO)
Websitesunclassairlines.dk

Sunclass Airlines (formerly Thomas Cook Airlines Scandanavia) is a Danish airline operating flights from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. It was started originally in 1994 as Premiair. It was renamed MyTravel Airways in 2002. It was named Thomas Cook Airlines Scandanavia from 2008 until 2019, when Thomas Cook Group went bankrupt. It has since been named Sunclass Airlines.

Current fleet

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A Sunclass Airlines Airbus A321-200 wearing the former Thomas Cook Group Airlines titles
Another Sunclass Airlines Airbus A321-200 with the new, post-Thomas Cook Group livery

As of April 2024, the Sunclass Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1][2]

Sunclass Airlines fleet
Aircraft In
service
Orders Passengers Notes
W Y Total
Airbus A321-200 8 212 212 To be replaced by A321neo by 2030
Airbus A321neo 2 7 218 218
Airbus A330-300 1 388 388 To be replaced by A330-900 by 2030
Airbus A330-900 2 2 373 373 Winter configuration
- 385 385 Summer configuration
Total 14 9

Former fleet

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Sunclass Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft:[3][4]

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
Airbus A330-200 3 1999 2024 2 leased after Thomas Cook Group ceased operation
  1. "Flyflåde" [Our Fleet]. Sunclass Airlines (in Danish). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. "Sunclass Airlines Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. "Premiair Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  4. "Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved December 1, 2022.