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600,000 Holidaymakers Stranded as World's Oldest Travel Co. Collapses
Thomas Cook Collapses, Enters Compulsory Liquidation, Leaving 600,000 Holidaymakers Stranded Abroad
The collapse will put 20,000 jobs at risk, including 9,000 in the UK, and could result in flights being cancelled
BBC News 23 Sep 2019
Thomas Cook, the world's oldest travel firm, has collapsed stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.
Last-minute talks to try and save the world's oldest travel firm failed last night as more than 600,000 customers were on trips abroad.
The CAA will work with the Government to bring the 150,000 Brits currently overseas with Thomas Cook back to the UK.
The repatriation process will take place over the next two weeks, from September 23 to October 6, with the help of a fleet of aircraft from around the world.
Thomas Cook flights returning to the UK this evening
The document was taped to the impounded plane
The UK Government is working with the CAA to bring Thomas Cook passengers home to the UK
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