Thomas Cook Polish unit collapses days after saying it was stable
Thomas Cook’s Polish unit has announced its insolvency, local authorities revealed today.
Yesterday the company cancelled flights for two days and stopped taking new bookings after parent Thomas Cook collapsed on Monday.
It came after the firm on Monday said it was continuing day-to-day operations and was in a stable condition.
The government yesterday chartered 70 flights to bring more than 14,000 passengers back to the UK after they were left stranded by the airline’s collapse.
The Civil Aviation Authority said it had managed to get 94 per cent of the people who were meant to fly home yesterday back to the country.
There are still 12 days remaining on the CAA’s repatriation programme, the biggest in British peacetime. Around 120,000 passengers still need to come home in that time.
Today, 16,500 people are expected to be flown to UK airports on another 70 flights.
“I would like those remaining on holiday to enjoy the rest of their stay because we aim to also fly you home on the day when you were originally booked to fly with Thomas Cook, or very shortly thereafter,” said CAA chief executive Richard Moriarty.
He added: “I’d also like to stress my thanks to the UK airline industry and our partners which have lent us incredible support for what is the UK’s largest ever peacetime repatriation.”