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Quarter of stranded XL tourists return as new travel firm shuts

By Dan Winther / 9/11 terror attacks, airline, airports, Alitalia, ATOL protection scheme, Aviation Industry, Bodrum, British Airways, CAA, Civil Aviation, collapse of XL Leisure Group, Douglas McNeill, Greek Islands, holidays, Holidays to Greece, Holidays to Kefalonia, hotel reservation, K&S Travel, KPMG, stranded tourists, Thomas Cook, travel industry, Travel Turkey, Turkey, Willie Walsh, XL Airways, XL Leisure Group

THE travel industry was plunged into more chaos yesterday with the collapse of another tour company and the future of a major airline plunged into doubt. The Civil Aviation Authority revealed that Turkey specialist K&S Travel – which also operates as Travel Turkey – had ceased trading, stranding about 150 customers in Bodrum. They will …

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How to spoil an all-inclusive holiday really!

By Dan Winther / airlift, all inclusive holidays, cheap holidays, Collapse of XL, discount holidays, frequent flyer, Holidaymakers, stranded, Virgin flights, XL, XL Airways

how to spoil all-inclusive holiday

The collapse of XL Leisure Group, Britain’s third-biggest holiday company, has hit more than 300,000 customers On Thursday night (Fri 12 Sep 2008 11.34 BST) XL Airways flight JN1121 pushed back from the terminal at Sanford International, the Orlando airport that is the gateway to Florida for thousands of British holidaymakers every year. And that was …

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