Thomas Cook, the world's oldest travel firm, has collapsed, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.
LONDON — Thomas Cook, the world's oldest travel firm, collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority said Thomas Cook had now ceased trading, and the regulator and government would work together to bring the more than 150,000 British customers home over the next two weeks. The firm now runs hotels, resorts and airlines for 19 million people a year in 16 countries. It currently has 600,000 people abroad, forcing governments and insurance companies to coordinate a huge rescue operation.
Crippled by its 1.7 billion pounds of debt, Thomas Cook has been hit by online competition, a changing travel market and geopolitical events that can upend its summer season. Last year's European heatwave also hit the company hard as customers put off last minute bookings.
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