Thomas Cook revealed as Hi Fly's first A380 customer
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia has confirmed it is the first customer to wet-lease Hi Fly's Airbus A380.
The leisure operator tells FlightGlobal it is using the widebody for a one-off flight today between Copenhagen and Rhodes, to collect customers who have been delayed by IT problems at the Greek airport.
Thomas Cook says the "beautiful" jet was needed for "extra capacity to bring our guests back safely".
There are no current plans to use the A380 for any other flights, as Thomas Cook has a number of reserve aircraft based in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Scandinavia and the Balearic islands which can provide additional capacity.
Owned by Doric and registered in Malta, the Hi Fly A380 is an ex-Singapore Airlines aircraft configured with 471 seats. It is the first jet of the type to have been involved in a secondary-market transaction. FG