Civil Aviation Authority promises flights and insurance payouts to customers of failed travel firm
Thousands of Britons who faced being stranded in Turkey and Greece after the collapse of budget travel company Goldtrail will be brought home, most of them by tomorrow, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said.
The holiday company went into administration on Friday, leaving an estimated 16,000 people abroad and tens of thousands more who have yet to travel with their holiday plans wrecked.
Seeking to reassure holidaymakers, the CAA said that most people who had booked to travel with the firm this summer would be able to claim money back "within months" and that those who had booked through a travel agent would be able to swap their trip for something similar, via the Atol (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing) compensation scheme.
Jonathan Nicholson of the CAA said: "Everyone will be brought back home. The majority of people will be on the flights they would have come home on anyway. The bulk of the people abroad will be back by Monday evening. We will be having a look on Monday [at] future flying to see if we will need to merge flights. If people have to move, it is likely that they will be getting a few hours more on holiday".
Goldtrail does not own an airline. It uses other flight operators, which will be paid by the CAA, he said.
The Guardian
