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Industry backs variable Atol Protection Contribution – CAA

Atol
Gary Noakes
25 May 2022

The industry has backed a variable Atol fee as a way of protecting consumers in future.

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The CAA on Wednesday (25 May) published the results of an industry consultation into proposed reforms to the Atol scheme, dating to April 2021. 

It concluded: “There was a general consensus that a variable APC (Atol Protection Contribution) would likely yield a fairer system – i.e. that less risky businesses would not be subsidising riskier ones.”

The CAA has ruled out restrictions on when customers can pay their balance, which received “almost no support” from respondents.

The report also said the majority of Atol holders and the travel industry “do not believe that the CAA should put in place mandatory segregation of customer monies”.