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"I would like to apologise to our millions of customers, and thousands of employees, suppliers and partners who have supported us for many years."The Civil Aviation Authority has mobilised at least 40 aircraft from airlines including British Airways and easyJet to bring 150,000 Thomas Cook customers home to the UK.
"The nature and scale of the operation means that unfortunately some disruption will be inevitable. We ask customers to bear with us as we work around the clock to bring them home."The CAA's policy director Tim Johnson told Sky News:"We expect to run around 1000 flights from the 55 destinations that Thomas Cook served.
Thomas Cook had been one of the world's oldest and largest travel companies, established in 1841 by a cabinet maker who organised a day trip for temperance movement supporters. PM Boris Johnson told Sky News that a government bailout would have created a"moral hazard" by encouraging other companies to take unnecessary risks.
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