Only 13 days to go to bring back 135,000 stranded Thomas Cook passengers.

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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the UK government have just 13 more days to bring back 135,000 stranded passengers after the death of major tour operator Thomas Cook (TCG.L) led to the biggest ever peacetime repatriation of British people.

The CAA said in a statement on Tuesday morning that it has brought back 95% of the people that were due to return yesterday — 14,700 passengers — and that a further 16,500 people across 74 flights are scheduled to be repatriated today.

The programme, called Operation Matterhorn, has scheduled more than 1,000 flights and will continue until Sunday 6 October. It is estimated to cost £100m ($124.3m).


By Lianna Brinded.
Full story at Yahoo News.