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| Travel firm goes out of business | Travel firm goes out of business |
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| A travel company specialising in holidays in Turkey has gone bust, the Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed. | A travel company specialising in holidays in Turkey has gone bust, the Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed. |
| ScotTravel Holidays, based in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, has an estimated 1,500 customers abroad. | ScotTravel Holidays, based in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, has an estimated 1,500 customers abroad. |
| The CAA said it would be making arrangements for them to complete their holidays and fly home. | The CAA said it would be making arrangements for them to complete their holidays and fly home. |
| Anyone due to fly out on a ScotTravel holiday has been advised not to go to their departure airport as all holidays have been cancelled. | Anyone due to fly out on a ScotTravel holiday has been advised not to go to their departure airport as all holidays have been cancelled. |
| ScotTravel mainly sold its holidays through travel agents, but they were also sold direct through the company website. | ScotTravel mainly sold its holidays through travel agents, but they were also sold direct through the company website. |
| It offered holidays from Glasgow, Prestwick, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. | |
| Flight efforts | Flight efforts |
| A statement on the website read: "We regret to inform you that as from 4 June 2009 ScotTravel Holidays has ceased trading. | A statement on the website read: "We regret to inform you that as from 4 June 2009 ScotTravel Holidays has ceased trading. |
| "Any customers with enquiries should refer to the CAA website at www.caa.co.uk. For any forward departures passengers should not make their way to the airport." | "Any customers with enquiries should refer to the CAA website at www.caa.co.uk. For any forward departures passengers should not make their way to the airport." |
| One customer booked to fly next week told the BBC Scotland news website they had been contacted and informed it would take three to four months to get their money back. | |
| They said they had gone bust and if we wanted another holiday we would have to pay up front Stephen CockburnScotTravel customer | |
| Stephen Cockburn, from Fife, had booked to go to Marmaris for the first foreign holiday together with his fiancee Angela Brodie. | |
| He said: "We got a call last night at about 6 from our agency to tell us ScotTravel had gone into administration and we weren't going to get a holiday. | |
| "They said they had gone bust and if we wanted another holiday we would have to pay up-front." | |
| He said they were really angry and would now have to fill in CAA paperwork in an effort regain the £520 cost of the holiday. | |
| "I phoned my dad to ask his advice and he called back later to say he'd booked us another holiday in Turkey, so when we get our money through we'll give him the money back." | |
| Frances Tuke, from the travel association ABTA, said: "We know that there are roughly 1,500 people in Turkey at the moment. | Frances Tuke, from the travel association ABTA, said: "We know that there are roughly 1,500 people in Turkey at the moment. |
| "The CAA are very busy organising, making sure that those customers can continue with their holiday out in Turkey and will try and make sure that they return at a similar time as they were due to come back anyway." | "The CAA are very busy organising, making sure that those customers can continue with their holiday out in Turkey and will try and make sure that they return at a similar time as they were due to come back anyway." |
| The firm held an Air Travel Organisers Licence (ATOL), which offers protection to holidaymakers from being stranded abroad or losing money when purchasing air holidays and flights. | The firm held an Air Travel Organisers Licence (ATOL), which offers protection to holidaymakers from being stranded abroad or losing money when purchasing air holidays and flights. |
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