Monarch collapse and ''rescuing'' 100.000 tourists will cost about £60m

Tuesday, October 3rd 2017 - 07:50 UTC

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Flights returning 110,000 holidaymakers from overseas after Monarch's collapse will cost about £60m, according to the UK airline regulator. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has called the flights the UK's biggest repatriation exercise in peacetime. Read full article

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xenonman
Somewhat reminiscent of the time that the RAAF had to “evacuate” Australians from Perth, due to a pilot strike “Down Under”!
Oct 03rd, 2017 - 08:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Islander1
Why has the taxpayer got to fork out? Surely when the trip say ATOL Protected - that means its Insurance Covered - by the insurance companies- to whom the cheap rate airlines and tour operators surely pay the premiums to so they can use that sign on their brochures?

if I have got it wrong - can someone who knows please explain?
Oct 03rd, 2017 - 02:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Gevera
The question is why is this piece appearing in Mercopenguin, a British government propaganda organ supposedly devoted to America, South America and the “South Atlantic”?
Oct 07th, 2017 - 03:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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