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Repatriation of passengers following Thomas Cook collapse enters the second week

cde.news desk 1 October 2019, 11:50 · 1 min read

epa07863828 A passenger waits at Thomas Cook's desk at the airport in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura island, 23 September 2019. More than 600,000 vacation reservations were canceled on 23 September, after Thomas Cook ceased to operate. According to media reports, the company's collapse will see Britain's largest peace time repatriation take place to get stranded customers home. EPA-EFE/Carlos de Saa

Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday said 39 flights are scheduled to bring back a further 7,000 people to the country after the Thomas Cook collapse, as the operation enters its second week.

So far 115,000 customers of a total of more than 150,000 passengers have returned in the largest peacetime repatriation ‘Operation Matterhorn’, which was launched on Sept 23.

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