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Is this brexit related?
Nobody wanted to risk getting stranded at any changeover, and a lot of industries are probably reluctant to grant time off during it.
Reminder again to never hold gift cards. I had a family member who was gited a $3,000 travel voucher with an agency - I told them to exchange it in for flights asap as you can book up to a year out, change the tickets later and it's better to be a creditor with a national airline than a likely-going-out-of-business-because-of-online travel agency
This is literally an Airline going out of business, the opposite to the point you're making.
> Dozens of charter planes have been brought in from as far afield as Malaysia to assist with the mass airlift.
Getting a charter plane has been quite difficult since the 737MAX grounding.
Any excess capacity has been soaked up.
There have been lots of unusual chartering by airlines that don’t usually charter. Air Canada had been using some, and it’s exceptionally rare for them to not use AC-branded planes.
At least it’s not the high season.
Surely the management must have known a week or two ago that the company was about to go under. In that case, stop anyone flying out but still bring people back. By the time they actually cease trading there should be few people left abroad. Some managers in Thomas Cook must have known that people flying out were going to end up stranded and they just let them go.
Does this mean Condor Airlines is shutting down as well? Their website[1] says they're continuing to fly, but I'm wondering if there any sort of precedent for what happens to child companies when the parent becomes insolvent. Having just returned just last week from Europe via Condor Airlines, I'm glad I don't have to worry about this mess. [1]: https://www.condor.com/us
My partner has a holiday with them booked for November. I don’t have high hopes for that.
Why do these travel companies always go bust in a way that leaves people stranded? Surely the management must have known a week or two ago that the company was about to go under. In that case, stop anyone flying out but still bring people back. By the time they actually cease trading there should be few people left abroad. Some managers in Thomas Cook must have known that people flying out were going to end up strand…
Why do these travel companies always go bust in a way that leaves people stranded? Surely the management must have known a week or two ago that the company was about to go under. In that case, stop anyone flying out but still bring people back. By the time they actually cease trading there should be few people left abroad. Some managers in Thomas Cook must have known that people flying out were going to end up strand…
https://www.businessinsider.com/thomas-cook-bankrupt-airline...