Today, Thomas Cook UK & Ireland is the second largest leisure travel group in the UK with around 19,000 employees. It is now part of Thomas Cook plc (www.thomascookgroup.com) which was formed on June 19th 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG and MyTravel Group plc. Thomas Cook UK & Ireland today operates a fleet of 45 aircraft, has a network of more than 800 high street stores (Thomas Cook and Going Places), leading websites (www.thomascook.com and www.mytravel.com), its own television channel Thomas Cook TV (Sky channel 645) and some of the world's favourite travel brands.