Thomas Cook Gone
This is standard practice as agreed between the CC company and the merchant as part of their initial contract. The CC company keeps a proportion of advance payments (holidays and air tickets being a classic example) until the service is delivered, in case it has not been and the CC company is then on the hook for the refund. Thomas Cook would have known exactly what the Holdback percentages were and how they are varied.
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Regarding the BA situation - they have always charged hugely for single flights. Before the failure I checked for my son who is stuck in SFO. A single flight back with BA SFO to LHR was over $2000, whilst a return was only half of that, I have never understood that logic.
Anyway, full marks to BA reservations yesterday who very quickly offered him a free flight on the right day to LHR as per the CAA arrangements.
Anyway, full marks to BA reservations yesterday who very quickly offered him a free flight on the right day to LHR as per the CAA arrangements.
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From slate: "On Monday, the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority began organizing for British tourists to be flown back. The CAA said it expects to run 1,000 flights from 55 destinations to retrieve the British passengers."
1000 flights x 200 pax = 10,000 pax out of 150,000 stranded? And a 200 average is generous unless they are getting a signficant number of 747/A380 in the mix.
1000 flights x 200 pax = 10,000 pax out of 150,000 stranded? And a 200 average is generous unless they are getting a signficant number of 747/A380 in the mix.
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From slate: "On Monday, the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority began organizing for British tourists to be flown back. The CAA said it expects to run 1,000 flights from 55 destinations to retrieve the British passengers."
1000 flights x 200 pax = 10,000 pax out of 150,000 stranded? And a 200 average is generous unless they are getting a signficant number of 747/A380 in the mix.
1000 flights x 200 pax = 10,000 pax out of 150,000 stranded? And a 200 average is generous unless they are getting a signficant number of 747/A380 in the mix.
"Any airport owned or managed by any government department, the British Airports Authority (BAA) or a local authority and any airport designated for these purposes by the Secretary of State may under s.88 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 detain any aircraft belonging to or operated by a person where that person has failed to pay airport charges. As with navigation charges, this is the case even if the charges relate to another aircraft owned or operated by that person. An aircraft may be detained for charges incurred in relation to it by a previous operator as the charges will follow the aircraft if not paid."
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Here's a map of the repatriation flights:
Thomas Cook Repatriation Flights (24 September 2019) - Featured Map - Great Circle Mapper
Thomas Cook Repatriation Flights (24 September 2019) - Featured Map - Great Circle Mapper
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Here's a map of the repatriation flights:
Thomas Cook Repatriation Flights (24 September 2019) - Featured Map - Great Circle Mapper
Thomas Cook Repatriation Flights (24 September 2019) - Featured Map - Great Circle Mapper
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"Any airport owned or managed by any government department, the British Airports Authority (BAA) or a local authority and any airport designated for these purposes by the Secretary of State may under s.88 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 detain any aircraft belonging to or operated by a person where that person has failed to pay airport charges. As with navigation charges, this is the case even if the charges relate to another aircraft owned or operated by that person. An aircraft may be detained for charges incurred in relation to it by a previous operator as the charges will follow the aircraft if not paid."
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If they will survive in the end is a different matter, but at least they have a chance to be sold off, either in parts or whole. Or just their slots which are their main assets after all.
I don't think that's the case at all. Not up with UK Administration Law but here in the colonies that would not be an option - and in any case it seems dubious the administrator would agree to continue trading. It's on them, and their insurers, to underwrite any further losses, which seem very likely, so, no, sorry.
For the navigation charges, it is different because
(1) Where default is made in the payment of airport charges incurred in respect of any aircraft at an aerodrome to which this section applies, the aerodrome authority may, subject to the provisions of this section—
(a) detain, pending payment, either—
(i) the aircraft in respect of which the charges were incurred (whether or not they were incurred by the person who is the operator of the aircraft at the time when the detention begins); or
(ii) any other aircraft of which the person in default is the operator at the time when the detention begins; and
(a) detain, pending payment, either—
(i) the aircraft in respect of which the charges were incurred (whether or not they were incurred by the person who is the operator of the aircraft at the time when the detention begins); or
(ii) any other aircraft of which the person in default is the operator at the time when the detention begins; and