Monarch?.

[chris35]

According to this mornings local Manchester news, Monarch have got until midnight to sign forms that allow them to sell holidays. If this is not signed they will not be able to sell them. There was no mention of flights being affected.

[JohnF]

Its a bit more than just forms - its their ATOL licence that's due for renewal by 30th September.  Apparently the CAA have some reservations over Monarchs finances, which means they have to balance the effect of refusing to renew it (even if Monarch come up the money to do so) against the impact on passengers already on holiday and those who have booked for future flights.

It seems that almost half of all operators licences are due for renewal tomorrow, lets hope we don't see anyone else in Monarchs position.

JF

[MarKar]

It's worth a reminder to check the ATOL details when booking a flight. I had a sleepless night last year, when I booked with monarch and then realised I hadn't checked!, when I checked the website it said SOME flights were ATOL protected but not who h ones!! my ATOL certificate landed in my in box over night, phew !

[lissa]

But if you book with a credit card, you claim from them.

[Jacqui Harvey]

A few years ago we booked flights with a company that went bust.  We had paid with our credit card and we got a full refund.  Luckily we were in the U.K when this happened.

[yabanci]

Looks like Boeing may step in now to rescue Monarch Airlines.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/10/09/monarch-rescue-deal-to-go-to-the-wire-as-deadline-looms/

[Highlander]

£ 160 million paid apparently so alls well meantime.

[madmart]

More info here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37628348

[daveG]

Pat on the back for Monarch at DLM today,separate check in desks for priority and online bookings.

[jamesuk]

When we went to Portugal this year with Monarch our flights were delayed by just over 4 hrs. Was not happy at all.We were told by someone that we would be entitled to €400 euros per person under the EU rules.Anyway we put in a claim when we got home thinking that if Monarch did go bust our claim would go with it.Yesterday we received 2 cheques for £351 the equivalent of €400.00 I presume. So quite pleased about that.