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+++ Newsblog on the Thomas Cook bankruptcy +++: "I'm shitty - why do not we fly?"

2019-09-23T10:34:47.082Z


A relaxed holiday looks different: The tour operator Thomas Cook is broke, hundreds of thousands of tourists are worried about their trip. Follow the latest developments in the news blog.



Thomas Cook Matthias Kaufmann Therefore, the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook also affects German tourists: According to the company 140,000 guests are traveling with the German tour operator. On Monday and Tuesday actually 21,000 people should leave. The good news: So far, Thomas Cook indicates that the flight operations will be maintained. If it stays that way, the return trip should work. The bad news: The departure for the holidays could be canceled. Thomas Cook 9/23/19 10:27 AM Katherine Rydlink Thomas Cook 9/23/19 10:27 AM Katherine Rydlink Great Britain, in particular, faces bankruptcy: The UK government has launched the largest peacetime repatriation operation to attract around 150,000 tourists get back to the UK for their vacation spot. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would provide around £ 150 million in funding. Thomas Cook 9/23/19 10:24 AM Matthias Kaufmann Passengers of Thomas Cook's daughter have not been transported to their destinations at Dusseldorf Airport. "I'm shitty, why do not we fly?" said the Cologne Dieter Lenzen, who actually wanted to Fuerteventura with his partner. "We were pulled out of the queue, we're not flying, not today and tomorrow, that's it with the holiday." Other travelers were able to fly who had booked through companies outside the Thomas Cook group. Thomas Cook 9/23/19 10:14 AM Matthias Kaufmann Condor, the holiday flier of the insolvent British parent company Thomas Cook, has currently booked around 240,000 customers on return flights. The flight operations will be maintained, affirmed a spokesman for Condor on Monday. Each management decides for itself whether it can maintain its enterprise, explained the Condor spokesman. Thomas Cook 9/23/19 10:13 AM Matthias Kaufmann Tens of thousands of Scandinavians are affected by the bankruptcy of the British travel group Thomas Cook, reports DPA. A total of 34,460 customers from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark were in different destinations, said the travel provider Ving, a Thomas Cook subsidiary, on Monday. An estimated 6,500 people were hit on Monday by scavenging from the Scandinavian daughters of Thomas Cook, of whom about 3,400 were to fly home. All 31 scheduled for Monday flights by Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia remained on the ground, all trips from Scandinavia have been discontinued until further notice. Thomas Cook 9/23/19 10:11 AM Matthias Kaufmann The bankruptcy of the big tour operator also meets other big names in the tourism industry. At Neckermann Reisen, Bucher Last Minute or Öger Tours can not be booked at the moment. Thomas Cook 9/23/19 10:01 AM Matthias Kaufmann The British travel group Thomas Cook is bankrupt. There was no alternative but to initiate bankruptcy proceedings with immediate effect, the oldest tourism company in the world announced on Monday night. Read our message: Show more Tickaroo Liveblog Software

Source: spiegel

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