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Monarch owed £466m at time of collapse - but holidaymakers unlikely to see any of it

Air
Sophie Griffiths
27 November 2017

Monarch Airlines had debts of £466 million owed to passengers and businesses when it collapsed – but few are likely to see any of the monies owed, a new report has revealed.

Monarch jet by terminal

The report into the airline’s main subsidiary Monarch Airlines Ltd by administrators KPMG showed there is just £600,000 available to repay the unsecured creditors, but it notes that the cost of repaying them will likely exceed this amount.

The report highlighted that some £5.2 million was owed to passengers, while HMRC was due £12.5 million. Monarch Holidays Ltd owes a further £81 million to unsecured creditors, and a hotels website owes £22 million.