UK to fly back 7,000 people as Thomas Cook repatriation efforts enter second week

LONDON, Oct 1 — Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority today said 39 flights are scheduled to bring back a further 7,000 people to the country after the Thomas Cook collapse, as the operation enters its second week.

So far 115,000 customers of a total of more than 150,000 passengers have returned in the largest peacetime repatriation ‘Operation Matterhorn’, which was launched on Sept 23. — Reuters