UK to fly back 7,000 people as Thomas Cook repatriation efforts enter second week

Thomas Cook passengers are seen at Las Palmas Airport after the world’s oldest travel firm collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe September 23, 2019. — Reuters pic

LONDON, Oct 1 — Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority today said 39 flights are scheduled to bring back a further 7,000 people to the country after the Thomas Cook collapse, as the operation enters its second week.

So far 115,000 customers of a total of more than 150,000 passengers have returned in the largest peacetime repatriation ‘Operation Matterhorn’, which was launched on Sept 23. — Reuters