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Offline davybill

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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2019, 07:55:14 AM »
Yes a lot of Expats rely on TC for flights  during  winter time,



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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2019, 17:07:03 PM »
Yes this is something I have previously highlighted and love or hate them, without them the option for winter flights then fall onto Turkish Airlines etc with long gaps between their Int'/Internal flights.

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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2019, 00:33:21 AM »
It's not looking good tonight. Skyscanner and Travel Republic have removed all TC flights.

Offline Karennina

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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2019, 08:07:50 AM »
It’s going to be such a sad day ( in my opinion) if Tommy Cook don’t get thru this, all those folk who will lose their jobs and from a selfish point of view yet another option to get here will be lost...
I have to agree with you MarKar it’s not looking good is it...


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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2019, 08:43:12 AM »
Nobody in their right mind would lend a company that's already £1.7Billion in debt, a further £200Million. The chances of them surviving today are pretty much zero.

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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2019, 10:19:34 AM »
Won't this be the second time the Government have bailed them out, I recall them doing it around 8/10 yes ago. Would that bail out of been repaid?.
While it's sad for many, you can't keep through ING money at a lost caused.
And just out curiosity why would you when it's then to be sold to a foreign company.

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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2019, 10:42:25 AM »
Won't this be the second time the Government have bailed them out, I recall them doing it around 8/10 yes ago. Would that bail out of been repaid?.
While it's sad for many, you can't keep throwing money at a lost caused.
And just out curiosity why would you when it's then to be sold to a foreign company.

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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2019, 10:43:57 AM »
Not sure why my post has come up as a quote lol  ;D ;D

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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2019, 13:08:55 PM »
So TC say “bail us out to the tune of £200 million OR it will cost £600 million to repatriate U.K. customers”.  The government haven’t bailed out the NHS so I can’t see them, with all their ongoing problems, bailing out TC.  I am upset for people caught up in this.  I worked in Corfu when XL and Kosmar went into administration.  It was horrendous for guests and staff.

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Re: Thomas Cook
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2019, 13:31:00 PM »
What gets me though is that the £200m is to enable Forsun to bail out company. Yes its a lot of money - but the Civil Aviation Authority have earmarked £600m to repatriate people stuck on holiday.

Now I'm not one for bailing out companies that are basket cases but surely it would make sense to loan them the £200m and risk losing that rather than spend £600m on repatriation? It's not public money after all.
« Last Edit: September 22, 2019, 13:53:05 PM by stoop »




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