Stranded vacationers are being forced to find alternative travel plans following the collapse of British tour company Thomas Cook.
Hannah YasharoffStranded vacationers are being forced to find alternative travel plans following the collapse of British tour company Thomas Cook, which folded early Monday after failing to secure emergency funding.
Many have turned to Thomas Cook's customer care Twitter account for assistance, even though the company has announced it will not be monitoring social media going forward and referred users to the official website for the latest information.Twitter user @California_Ram, tweeted that he and his wife flew to Manchester for vacation and and are now stuck without"no current visible means of returning home" to Los Angeles, which they were scheduled to do on Oct. 1.
The U.K.'s Civil Aviation Authority tweeted Monday morning that its first repatriation flight had left New York's JFK International Airport with more than 300 passengers on board. Anthony Musa, a federal employee based in Washington, shared an email response with USA TODAY that he received from Thomas Cook customer care after requesting a refund for an upcoming flight to Scotland.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Thomas Cook Collapse Leaves 150,000 Holidaymakers Stranded AbroadHundreds of thousands of travelers have been stranded today after Thomas Cook entered compulsory liquidation and cancelled their flights
Read more »
The Latest: 15,000 Thomas Cook tourists stranded in CyprusIn the sun-bathed Canary Islands, a popular year-round destination in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa, up to 30,000 tourists are believed to be stranded after the collapse of British tour company Thomas Cook.
Read more »
Hundreds of thousands stranded after British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses‘I want to apologize to my 21,000 colleagues who I know will be heartbroken’: Thomas Cook CEO Peter Fankhauser apologizes after the travel company went into liquidation. More:
Read more »
Factbox: 'Nightmare, nightmare' - tourists stranded after Thomas Cook collapsesMore than half a million holidaymakers were stranded around the globe on Monday ...
Read more »
Thomas Cook collapses, leaving thousands of travelers strandedBritish tour operator Thomas Cook has collapsed, potentially stranding hundreds of thousands of travelers whose bookings have been canceled.
Read more »
Roughly 600,000 travelers are stranded around the world after British travel provider Thomas Cook declared bankruptcy.The 178-year-old tour operator failed to secure a £200 million rescue on Sunday, leading it to suspend its flights and bookings.
Read more »