In a surprise move, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has leapfrogged the Department for Transport (DfT) and the CAA, who have been pondering reform of the Atol scheme for nearly five years, and published their proposals to tweak the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations (PTRs).
'These package travel reforms are a welcome starting point – but there is much more to do'
Operators
Alan Bowen
3 December 2025
The government's proposed changes to the Package Travel Regulations will broadly come as welcome news to travel, argues legal advisor to the Association of Atol Companies Alan Bowen, but shouldn't be seen as much more than a 'starting point'.
(Credit: iStock / Irina Velichkina)
(Credit: iStock / Irina Velichkina)
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