Britons return to UK following XL demise

Source: Exec Digital UK

Date :13/09/2008 11:27:19

Standed holidaymakers have a way home after the collapse of tour operator XL.

Aviation authorities arranged planes for their collection following the tour operator's plunge into administration.

Passengers have been returning to Gatwick and Manchester on specially chartered flights and on pre-scheduled flights that have spare seats.

XL's 21 planes were grounded on Friday, leaving some 90,000 people abroad.

The Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Atol) scheme has organised a number of "repatriation aircraft".

Among the flights into Gatwick Airport was a specially-chartered Monarch Airlines aircraft from Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt.

Virgin Atlantic has offered XL passengers stranded at airports in Florida and the Caribbean special one-way fares to fly home until the end of September.