Mr Halstead said: “I have certainly never acted fraudulently and I don’t think anyone within my company has.
“I have protected the interests of our passengers and am making sure they get their money back.
Since the number of booked passengers appears to be virtually zero, that is not going to cost him very much.
As more reassuring statement would be:
“I have protected the interests of our
flight crew and am making sure they get their money back."