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Flywho update
The Board of BluArrow Aviation Ltd has reluctantly come to the decision that we are no longer able to proceed with our June 2005 start date.
Our ATOL-licensed partner had originally agreed to a programme of charter flights to Florida and would be responsible for the sale of all the seats. All reservations would have been effected with them and protected accordingly. Sadly, they failed to commit to the contract in necessary practical ways within an appropriate timescale, which has resulted in the suspension of this programme until further notice.
We apologise most sincerely if this has affected your plans.
All existing passengers have been re-accommodated on other carriers and we will not be taking any further booking requests until we are 200% sure we have the right ATOL partner to undertake the passenger-protection role.
We have not ‘gone bust’ or ‘ceased trading’!
We have been let-down and are actively seeking a new partner to take on the responsibility of handling the flywho sales for Florida and this has set us back a number of months.
Please be assured that the project is still going ahead and we are determined, now more than ever, to be fully operational in the future.
Aden Murcutt
C. E. O.
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Okay, but "airlines" were never meant to have "ATOL partners". To be "umbrella'd" by an ATOL-holder is a highly unsatisfactory arrangement which was never anticipated when the ATOL regulations were drafted. Flyblu clearly cannot satisfy financial fitness in its own right.
Let's hope that they either raise serious finance or admit defeat. I wish them luck, but this is not clever.