Despite the bankruptcy of the British travel group Thomas Cook, the flights of the subsidiary Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia to be resumed on Tuesday.
This was announced by the Thomas Cook subsidiary Ving for Norway and Sweden. Other Scandinavian daughters of the Thomas Cook Group, including Tjaereborg, Globetrotter and Spies - would continue to operate, it said. With the help of banks, creditors and guarantors, it is possible to continue operations, said the Managing Director of Thomas Cook Northern Europe, Magnus Wikner.
Thomas Cook had closed the business on the night of Monday with immediate effect. About 600,000 tourists who are still on holiday with Thomas Cook at the end of the summer season, including tens of thousands of Germans, were affected. (Read what travelers need to know now.)
Customers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden could return to and from their holiday destinations when they resume operations at Thomas Cook Scandinavia. He can not guarantee that every plane will leave on Tuesday, said Wikner the Swedish public broadcaster SVT, but "we are working hard". "We are in contact with our customers via SMS and in other ways."
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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.
The tour operator Thomas Cook, founded in 1841, runs hotels, holiday resorts, airlines and organizes cruises. Thomas Cook has around 21,000 employees in 16 countries worldwide. Of the 105 aircraft in the group, 58 fly for the German holiday plane Condor.
Shortly after the announcement of insolvency plans on Monday morning, Condor assured that the flight operations would continue. "Condor flights continue to operate despite parent company Thomas Cook Group plc filing for bankruptcy," the airline said.