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Thomas Cook: Remaining 4,800 passengers set for return Thomas Cook: Final repatriation flights touch down
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Flights repatriating the remaining 4,800 Thomas Cook holidaymakers are due to take off on Sunday as the return of almost 150,000 people nears its end. The final Thomas Cook holidaymakers to be brought home by the emergency repatriation will arrive in Manchester on a flight from Orlando on Monday.
The Civil Aviation Authority, which launched its Operation Matterhorn plan after the tour firm collapsed, said 24 flights would operate today. The flight is one of the 700 organised by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as part of "Operation Matterhorn".
The final passengers are due to land in Manchester early on Monday on a flight from Orlando, in the US. The two-week operation returned 150,000 passengers to the UK after the package tour company collapsed last month.
Matterhorn involved more than 700 flights over two weeks, the CAA said. The flight was one of 24 leaving on Sunday, and brings to an end the biggest-ever peacetime repatriation.
Richard Moriarty, chief executive at CAA, said: "In the first 13 days we have made arrangements for around 140,000 passengers to return to the UK and we are pleased that 94% of holidaymakers have arrived home on the day of their original departure." The CAA said that for the first 13 days of the operation, 94% of holidaymakers arrived home on the day of their original departure.
Anyone not returning on these aircraft will have to make their own plans, although those covered by the Air Travel Organiser's Licence scheme (Atol) will be refunded. The majority of Thomas Cook holidays were packages and are Atol protected. "Operation Matterhorn will shortly be complete. The largest peacetime repatriation ever required an extraordinary effort from all involved," said Richard Moriarty, the CAA's chief executive.
Mr Moriarty said any traveller not covered by Atol and who wished to return early might still find seats on Sunday's remaining flights. However, he said there was no guarantee of availability and priority would be given to those already due to return today. The few remaining passengers who did not return on an Operation Matterhorn flight will have to make their own plans, although those covered by the Air Travel Organiser's Licence scheme (Atol) will be refunded.
To find out if there are available seats on repatriation flights, travellers can contact the CAA call centre on +44 1753 330 330. They should not go to the airport unless a seat is confirmed, the CAA said. The majority of Thomas Cook holidays were packages and are Atol protected.
Saga continuesSaga continues
The return of the remaining passengers will bring to an end the biggest-ever peacetime repatriation. The Thomas Cook saga is far from over, with lingering questions over the company's collapse and the future travel plans of many customers in disarray.
However, the Thomas Cook saga is far from over, with the future travel plans of many customers in disarray and thousands of job losses. The CAA said it would now turn its attention to refunding the 360,000 bookings cancelled when Britain's oldest travel group went under.
The CAA said it will turn its attention to refunding the 360,000 bookings cancelled when Britain's oldest travel group went under. About 9,000 staff in the UK were left jobless when the business failed to secure a last-ditch rescue deal.
The travel firm collapsed with a black hole of more than £3bn in the early hours of 23 September, after failing to obtain rescue funds from its banks.The travel firm collapsed with a black hole of more than £3bn in the early hours of 23 September, after failing to obtain rescue funds from its banks.
An inquiry has been launched by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, with MPs focussing on directors' stewardship of the company. An inquiry has been launched by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, with MPs focussing on the directors' stewardship of the company.
And the Financial Reporting Council, the accounting watchdog, is to investigate the auditing of the company. The Financial Reporting Council, the accounting watchdog, will also investigate the auditing of the company.
Are you one of the remaining Thomas Cook holidaymakers being repatriated today? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.Are you one of the remaining Thomas Cook holidaymakers being repatriated today? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.
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