he CAA 60 million to repatriate 85,000 people, about half the number theyre on the hook for now. (Thats according to the Financial Times, which estimates that the total costs of repatriating and reimbursing the 600,000 people with Thomas Cook tickets in their pockets could top 600 million. A prob
OK, so, money in hand, how does the CAA get humans onto airplanes to replace Thomas Cooks 34 grounded aircraft? Its not as complicated as you might think, Taylor says. Weve got the full flight program of the original Thomas Cook flights, and we are simply wet-leasing aircraft from other airlin
Even people who only booked flights rather than full travel packages with Thomas Cook are going to be covered, though technically ATOL doesnt apply to them. Otherwise theyd be just stuck with no way to get back, Taylor says, as though its obvious that a quasi-governmental agency would function