Originally Posted by
pholling
The simple answer is no. Once TC entered liquidation their Operating License and AOC were immediately suspended or revoked. This mean there is no legal basis for the aircraft to operate. Moving aircraft onto another airlines AOC is not instantaneous and all crew would have to be trained on the different operations.
There should be an option for the CAA or an appointed organisation to temporarily operate the failed airline's aircraft (under a special temporary AOC) to bring people home rather than the vast expense and disruption to timings and airport destinations that we have seen with the charter operation. It just needs will and some thought.