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XL holiday firm collapse: Dozens more travel firms will go under, = experts=20 say

Holidaymakers have been warned dozens of travel firms are on the = brink of=20 collapse after Britain's third largest tour operator went bust. =

By Gordon Rayner and Caroline Gammell
Last Updated: 9:53PM BST 12 = Sep=20 2008

Up to a quarter of a million British = holiday makers=20 could be stranded as package holiday company XL went into administration = today.=20 ; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid17= 89004683=20 http:= //www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=3D1139053637=20

XL Leisure Group went into administration in the early hours of = Friday with=20 debts of =A3143 million, leaving 85,000 tourists stranded abroad and = another=20 200,000 holidays written off.

Some of the industry's biggest names, including Sir Richard Branson = and the=20 British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh, responded with predictions = that=20 the credit crunch and crippling fuel costs would bankrupt more airlines, = travel=20 agents and package firms in the coming months.

Sir Richard said the crisis engulfing the travel industry was "worse = than the=20 aftermath of 9/11".

Consumer groups urged anyone who has paid for holidays to check their = travel=20 insurance covers them against firms going to the wall, as many XL = customers lost=20 thousands of pounds because their insurance excluded such cover.

The failure of XL Leisure comes just weeks after the low-cost airline = Zoom=20 went into administration, one of 26 airlines which has gone out of = business this=20 year.

Mr Walsh predicted that around 30 more small airlines are likely to = collapse.=20 "This is a difficult trading environment and some of the airlines that = we have=20 become used to will not survive," he said.

As recently as Wednesday another tour operator, Seguro Travel = Limited, which=20 operated out of Glasgow Prestwick Airport, went into administration. =

Sir Richard Branson said: "It's been a terrible time for the airline = industry=20 and I'm sure that there will be more casualties, particularly if fuel = costs stay=20 above $100 a barrel. It's worse than the aftermath of 9/11."

The collapse of XL led to chaos at many UK airports, where hundreds = of=20 families, wedding parties and honeymooners turned up expecting to fly = abroad,=20 only to be told their holidays no longer existed. Many had the added = shock of=20 being told their money would not be refunded, with some families losing=20 thousands of pounds.

People who paid for holidays with credit cards are protected, as are = those=20 who bought package holidays, which are covered by the industry's Air = Travel=20 Organisers' Licensing (Atol) agreement, but passengers who booked with = debit=20 cards will lose their money, as most travel insurance schemes do not = cover=20 companies going bust.

Questions were being asked last night about why XL was allowed to = continue=20 trading via its internet site right until the moment the plug was pulled = on the=20 business, despite clear signs it was in trouble for the past two weeks. = Many=20 customers were livid that they had lost money just hours before XL went = bust.=20

It also emerged that XL's former chief executive Peter Owen, who quit = in June=20 when the company was already in deep trouble, had declared himself = bankrupt on=20 May 28. The administrators of Silverjet, a business-only airline which = went bust=20 at the same time, claimed Mr Owen owed the company =A3240,000.

In the wake of XL's collapse, Rochelle Turner, from Which? Holiday, = warned=20 all travellers to check their insurance policies, particularly if they = have=20 booked with a low-cost travel firm.

She said: "People must be aware of the risk they are accepting when = they buy=20 a very cheap flight.

"Half the problem is people think they have booked a secure package = holiday=20 when they have not.

"It is worth asking the right questions before you book. At the = moment the=20 air industry is quite volatile and in such times the more established = carriers=20 are your best bet.

"Customers must make sure holidays are bond agreed if they are buying = a=20 package and make sure they are covered either by credit card or by extra = insurance that a lot of travel companies do not usually provide."

The Civil Aviation Authority, which administers the Atol scheme, = began=20 organising what was described as "the most challenging airlift ever = undertaken"=20 to arrange alternative flights for the 75,000 XL customers who had = already=20 started their holidays in around 50 different destinations.

But another 10,000, whose holidays were not covered by Atol, will = have to=20 make their own arrangements and pay for their own flights.

Virgin Atlantic and British Airways offered special one-way fares for = anyone=20 who can prove they have flown outbound with XL.

The closure of XL, based at Gatwick airport in West Sussex, left its = staff of=20 1,700 jobless.

Peter Long, chief executive of TUI Trave, which owns Thomson and = First=20 Choice, said the full scale of the travel industry crisis would become = clear=20 over the winter.

"That's when the real damage is going to be," he said, "Particularly = with=20 those which are not well-financed."

But industry analysts said the bigger players would ride out the = storm.

Douglas McNeill, equity analyst for Blue Oar, said: "The risk for the = small=20 players is that we see a flight to quality by customers reluctant to = book with a=20 carrier of which they know little.

"If that happens, that will create a vicious circle and make life = that much=20 harder for the smaller players."

As well as XL Airways UK, companies or brands which are no longer = trading=20 include Excel Aviation, Explorer House, Aspire Holidays, Freedom = Flights,=20 Freedom Flights (Aviation), The Really Great Holiday Company, Medlife = Hotels,=20 Travel City Flights and Kosmar Villa Holidays.

Another victim of XL's demise is West Ham United FC, which had signed = a =A37.5=20 million three-year shirt sponsorship deal with the firm earlier this = year, but=20 which will now have to find a new sponsor.

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Comments: 16

Anybody who has their holiday disrupted through no fault of their = own=20 deserves deepest sympathy but I am curious about a lady from Swansea,=20 interviewed on the radio this morning, who was taking her children, = one 14, on=20 holiday. Aren't all children supposed to be back at school = now?!

JR

on September 12, 2008

at 04:36 PM

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saying over here is that the Chinese were hording all the petro!!!=20
Guess what......our prices have been way to high since Oct. '05. =
Won't=20 be going to buy all that Chinese made junk. Get real world, the 'best' = is yet=20 to come.
Go Sarah!!!!

frank koppe

on September 12, 2008

at 04:36 PM

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Listening to the BBC today, I was taken aback by the sheer naivety = of the=20 idiot who suggested that their cancelled holiday could be salvaged by = any=20 airline willing to supply tickets on the basis of the promise of = payment from=20 their ATOL refund. In other words, she wanted an airline to provide = her with=20 tickets that she could pay for at some indeterminate later date. Good = luck=20 with that idea!

I was then further amazed by the stranded = Orlando=20 passenger protesting about her lack of money, and blaming the airport=20 authority for not providing herself and her young child with food and=20 accommodation. This raised a number of issues.

1. What sort of = person=20 can spend two weeks on holiday abroad and then claim to have no money? = Presumably, they've also never heard of credit cards?

2. An = airport=20 authority has no responsibility for your well-being if you pitch up at = their=20 premises and your flight no longer exists. Airport authorities are not = airlines.

3. Why are so many children involved when they = should be=20 attending school?

Frankly, I wonder what planet some of these = people=20 are living on!

in totidem verbis

on September 12, 2008

at 04:34 PM

Report=20 this comment
Listening to the BBC today, I was taken aback by the sheer naivety = of the=20 idiot who suggested that their cancelled holiday could be salvaged by = any=20 airline willing to supply tickets on the basis of the promise of = payment from=20 their ATOL refund. In other words, she wanted an airline to provide = her with=20 tickets that she could pay for at some indeterminate later date. Good = luck=20 with that idea!

I was then further amazed by the stranded = Orlando=20 passenger protesting about her lack of money, and blaming the airport=20 authority for not providing herself and her young child with food and=20 accommodation. This raised a number of issues.

1. What sort of = person=20 can spend two weeks on holiday abroad and then claim to have no money? = Presumably, they've also never heard of credit cards?

2. An = airport=20 authority has no responsibility for your well-being if you pitch up at = their=20 premises and your flight no longer exists. Airport authorities are not = airlines.

3. Why are so many children involved when they = should be=20 attending school?

Frankly, I wonder what planet some of these = people=20 are living on!

in totidem verbis

on September 12, 2008

at 04:34 PM

Report=20 this comment
Listening to the BBC today, I was taken aback by the sheer naivety = of the=20 idiot who suggested that their cancelled holiday could be salvaged by = any=20 airline willing to supply tickets on the basis of the promise of = payment from=20 their ATOL refund. In other words, she wanted an airline to provide = her with=20 tickets that she could pay for at some indeterminate later date. Good = luck=20 with that idea!

I was then further amazed by the stranded = Orlando=20 passenger protesting about her lack of money, and blaming the airport=20 authority for not providing herself and her young child with food and=20 accommodation. This raised a number of issues.

1. What sort of = person=20 can spend two weeks on holiday abroad and then claim to have no money? = Presumably, they've also never heard of credit cards?

2. An = airport=20 authority has no responsibility for your well-being if you pitch up at = their=20 premises and your flight no longer exists. Airport authorities are not = airlines.

3. Why are so many children involved when they = should be=20 attending school?

Frankly, I wonder what planet some of these = people=20 are living on!

in totidem verbis

on September 12, 2008

at 04:32 PM

Report=20 this comment
Listening to the BBC today, I was taken aback by the sheer naivety = of the=20 idiot who suggested that their cancelled holiday could be salvaged by = any=20 airline willing to supply tickets on the basis of the promise of = payment from=20 their ATOL refund. In other words, she wanted an airline to provide = her with=20 tickets that she could pay for at some indeterminate later date. Good = luck=20 with that idea!

I was then further amazed by the stranded = Orlando=20 passenger protesting about her lack of money, and blaming the airport=20 authority for not providing herself and her young child with food and=20 accommodation. This raised a number of issues.

1. What sort of = person=20 can spend two weeks on holiday abroad and then claim to have no money? = Presumably, they've also never heard of credit cards?

2. An = airport=20 authority has no responsibility for your well-being if you pitch up at = their=20 premises and your flight no longer exists. Airport authorities are not = airlines.

3. Why are so many children involved when they = should be=20 attending school?

Frankly, I wonder what planet some of these = people=20 are living on!

in totidem verbis

on September 12, 2008

at 04:32 PM

Report=20 this comment
Scarborough has a very nice beach and you don't need to fly there. = Try it=20 next year!

Charles Morgan

on September 12, 2008

at 04:30 PM

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Emil you are a pretty unpleasant human being.
People who have 5 = holidays a year are not lower beings than those who have 1.
This = stinks of=20 reverse or inverted snobbery.
In any form its repugnant.

Richard

on September 12, 2008

at 04:19 PM

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Mark Bennett
on September 12, 2008
at 03:21 PM

No = airline=20 gives a t*ss about brent crude prices, it is the price of jet fuel = that=20 matters to them. Same as I don't care about the price of brent crude = when=20 filling my care up, the petrol prices haven't changed and I can't put = brent=20 crude in my car! You appear to think oil suppliers are passing on = these=20 falling costs instantly, I'd like to live in your world.

James

on September 12, 2008

at 04:09 PM

Report=20 this comment
If flights / holidays were paid for using credit cards, does that = mean=20 another hit for the banks?
.

MarkS

on September 12, 2008

at 04:06 PM

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I feel so sorry for the people who have to make negative comments = about=20 people losing their holiday they have no doubt saved for all year! How = dare=20 you criticise someone for being upset about their holiday being = destroyed! My=20 sympathys go out to all affected holiday makers and staff of failed=20 XL!

Anthony Bower

on September 12, 2008

at 03:50 PM

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Stuff and nonsense! Using these alternative carriers in an effort = to avoid=20 paying for dependability and scurity attracts the same Bobos who buy = their=20 watches and TV sets from some bloke up a puddle alley.Only Benny Hill = could=20 have sold me your story . Your reporter has made The Telegraph appear=20 incompetent if not ridiculous.

Shelby Hager

on September 12, 2008

at 03:44 PM

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Phil Wyatt needs to get a grip on reality about just who is = devastated.=20 Hope he loses his shirt for ripping off so many people when his = company was=20 heading for collapse

Andy

on September 12, 2008

at 03:29 PM

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Telegraph your reporting facts are getting worse and worse. Oil = prices have=20 tumbled recently not risen. Last night Brent Crude was $98/barrel down = from=20 $148 some 2 months ago!

Mark Bennett

on September 12, 2008

at 03:21 PM

Report=20 this comment
Great news. This country is to overcrowded as it is!

David

on September 12, 2008

at 03:17 PM

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What a laugh! The item refers to a couple going away for a couple = of weeks=20 in the sun and their holiday on safari in February. I say jolly hard = luck=20 what?

On the radio this morning some bimbo was talking of = disrupted=20 wedding plans costing �40,000+ and the friends and relatives = who had=20 re-mortgaged and otherwise got into debt to attend! What kind of self=20 indulgent world are we living in for crying out loud when all these = idiots=20 have to worry about is losing what they couldn't have afforded in the = first=20 place or having what many in this selfish age can't afford and don't = even=20 contemplate.

There are of course cases deserving of some = sympathy but=20 certainly not these, nor for those who have 2 3 or even 4 or 5 = holidays a year=20 as some of these most surely will be.

Emil

on September 12, 2008

at 03:12 PM

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XL holiday firm collapse: Dozens more travel firms will go under, = experts=20 say

Holidaymakers have been warned dozens of travel firms are on the = brink of=20 collapse after Britain's third largest tour operator went bust. =

Airlift=20 to bring home 67,000 tourists after XL collapse

Groom=20 and half of wedding party stranded

Analysis:=20 More airlines will go under

What=20 consumers can do

Passengers=20 may not be covered by insurance

Thousands= =20 stranded after XL holiday firm collapses

Q&A:=20 What the XL collapes means

XL=20 collapse analysis: Holiday firm is victim of perfect storm=20

Branson=20 criticises BA

XL = holiday firm collapse: Dozens more travel firms will go under, experts = say

Thousands=20 stranded after XL holiday firm collapses

XL=20 Leisure being put into administration

BA=20 shares fall on Goldman Sachs downgrade

Thomas=20 Cook boss slams Government over = XL