Picture dated September 28th shows a Thomas Cook repatriation flight landing at Stansted Airport,Essex,from Majorca in Spain on Saturday Airbus plane still has the company markings on its tail but the Thomas Cook logo on the front has been removed. More than half of the 150,000 holidaymakers left stranded abroad after the collapse of travel firm Thomas Cook have been repatriated to Britain, the Civil Aviation Authority regulator said Saturday. The CAA said 76,000 people had been returned in the first five days of Operation Matterhorn C Britain's biggest peacetime repatriation.
Picture dated September 28th shows a Thomas Cook repatriation flight landing at Stansted Airport,Essex,from Majorca in Spain on Saturday Airbus plane still has the company markings on its tail but the Thomas Cook logo on the front has been removed. More than half of the 150,000 holidaymakers left stranded abroad after the collapse of travel firm Thomas Cook have been repatriated to Britain, the Civil Aviation Authority regulator said Saturday. The CAA said 76,000 people had been returned in the first five days of Operation Matterhorn C Britain's biggest peacetime repatriation. Debt-plagued Thomas Cook, which struggled against fierce online competition for years and blamed Brexit uncertainty for a drop in bookings, declared bankruptcy Monday after failing to secure fresh funds. The CAA said 95 percent of passengers were coming home on the day they were originally scheduled to return. The operation will continue until October 6, with more than 1,000 flights planned in total. Some 76 flights were scheduled Saturday, bringing 16,700 people back to Britain.
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