Thomas Cook rescue effort brings back half of all holidaymakers

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More than 75,000 tourists to return home by Friday as repatriation bill tops £100m
More than half of the 150,000 holidaymakers stranded abroad after Thomas Cook collapsed on Monday will have returned to the UK by Friday night after a huge operation by Britain’s aviation regulator.
News came as the government revealed that the combined cost of the rescue flights and refunds for holidaymakers whose trips were cancelled, reached £520m. It is unclear how much of the final bill will be covered by taxpayers. Continue reading...

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