Over 70,000 Affected After Flight Options Collapses |
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| By Sam Gooch |
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| Thousands of holidaymakers are presently facing the opportunity of losing or having to re-book their summer holidays after another UK travel group ceased trading. Last night aviation regulators worked hard to see to it that all 13,000 holidaymakers that were abroad when the travel company Flight Options and its main retail arm Kiss Travel collapsed at 5pm yesterday were capable to come back as planned. This marks the third UK travel group to discontinue retail in just over a month, which has sparked worries that other companies could follow before summer ends. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has spurred and encouraged all Flight Options clients that were because of leave before 6pm tonight to travel to airports as planned. "Because the establishment has failed at the height of summer, the CAA is likewise putting in position arrangements to grant persons to travel out on their holidays for the following 24 hours, to minimise confusedness and protect passengers," it said in a statement. All holidaymakers with later bookings have been advised to speak to their travel agents to talk about their choices for substitute arrangements, and consult their travel insurance companies whether or not suitable cover was bought. Most other clients who booked flights to the Mediterranean for next month and beyond ought to be capable to accept refunds as shelter is offered through the CAA's Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Atol) shelter scheme. Flight Option's demise is meaning much more than 200,000 persons have now been affected as a consequence of recent travel company collapses the most up-to-date following Goldtrail Travel which failed in mid July and Sun4U last week. It is possible that a good deal of of those affected by last night's collapse could have been caught-up in Goldtrail's failure and were making their second try at a holiday as Kiss covered a heap of of the same routes. A number of underlying constituents are probable to have contributed to the recent gloom in the travel industry, which include the closure of airspace because of the volcanic ashcloud, combined with months of uncertainty over British Airways flights from the cabin crew dispute and common uncertainty after the recession hit family finances hard. Gary Ash, chief executive of Flight Options, told the travelweekly site: "I am devastated by this adverse turn of events. Over the past nine months we have been fighting in a unmanageable market. "However, recent developments have made it inconceivable to proceed the procedure of the companies. He said the company's last annual results filed for the year ending 31 October 2009, revealed Kiss Flights had made an operating earnings of 500,000. Bob Atkinson, a travel expert with the site travelsupermarket.com said: "Unfortunately for a good deal of, Kiss Flights catered for a heap of of the same routes as the not long ago collapsed Goldtrail. It can be the case the a good deal of unlucky holidaymakers are going to be affected across again. At this stage it’s unclear how a heap of passengers are going to be protected by the Atol strategy and we are waiting for counsel from the CAA. "This is sadly yet another collapse in what could become a rash of company failures this autumn." The CAA provided a good deal of reassurance after saying that most Flight Options clients are going to be covered by Atol as majority of its business came from merchandising seats on planes. But it likewise conveyed fears that a heap of buyers hit by earlier collapses will lose out because the constituents of their holidays were sold separately which can not be seen as a 'package holiday'. For example, only those who remunerated for flights, accommodation and hire car with a single credit card dealing are going to be protected beneath the Atol strategy. Those that remunerated for these constituents separately are not. Flight Options likewise swapped beneath assorted other names, including Africa Options, America Options, Canada Options, Caribbean Options, Dubai Options, Elgouna Options, Elgouna Villas and Apartments, Florida Options, Florida Owners Club, Golf Options, Holidayops.com, Orlando Villas Direct, Sportops.com, Travel Options Direct and Travelplus. Customers who are still abroad have been told to contact the CAA for more info on 0044 161 444 5811. For common counsel regarding refunds beneath the Atol strategy clients must visit the CAA site or call 0844 571 7262. |
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