Thomas Cook Shuts Down Abruptly, Leaving Thousands of Passengers Stranded

One of the oldest travel companies has declared bankruptcy

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The British global travel group Thomas Cook, which began in 1841, abruptly ceased operations on Sunday due to bankruptcy.

According to The Guardian, a statement from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said this resulted in 150,000 travelers being stranded overseas, prompting the largest peacetime repatriation called Operation Matterhorn in order to return passengers back to the U.K.

Thomas Cook released a statement on its website Monday morning saying, “Thomas Cook UK Plc and associated UK entities have entered Compulsory Liquidation and are now under the control of the Official Receiver.”

This caused a mass of questions for all return flights as well as future flights.

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