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Abta's Mark Tanzer: ‘Repatriation for all is not sustainable’

Government
TTG Staff
31 October 2019

The demise of Thomas Cook has once again focused the minds of policymakers and the industry on the important topic of consumer protection in the event of airline insolvency.

The collapse of Thomas Cook Group in September 2019 severely dented the Air Travel Trust, or ‘Atol’, fund (Credit: Ronnie Macdonald)

Abta has argued for some time the government needs to step in to bring greater clarity for consumers, and we welcome the commitment in the Queen’s Speech to bring forward legislative proposals.


Two years ago, following the failure of Monarch, I made clear the importance of government taking action to protect consumers before any further major failures.

Unfortunately, this has not been the case and, as a result, the same issues were being discussed and debated when the industry met recently at our latest convention in Tokyo, Japan.