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Monday, 23 September 2019

BBC News

• Thomas Cook collapses as last-ditch rescue talks failThomas Cook has collapsed after last-minute negotiations aimed at saving the 178-year-old holiday firm failed.

Financial Times

• Ryanair’s clampdown on pilot sick leave draws criticismAirline sends letters threatening disciplinary action over repeated absenteeism

The Guardian

• Thomas Cook collapses, stranding 150,000 UK holidaymakersThomas Cook has ceased trading after talks failed to produce a funding lifeline for the ailing travel company, placing 9,000 British jobs at risk and triggering a huge repatriation effort to bring home 150,000 UK holidaymakers overseas.

The Telegraph

• Rival travel agents fear fallout from Thomas Cook failure [subscription]undreds of smaller travel agents are braced for the fallout from a failure of Thomas Cook, with industry experts warning of a “domino effect” sweeping across the sector.

Times Online

• The Times view on Heathrow’s congestion charge for cars: Hot Air [subscription]The airport needs better public transport links if it is to meet emissions pledges
• Heathrow congestion charge is expected to raise £1.2bn a year [subscription]Heathrow airport could make £1.2 billion a year from a congestion charge levied on drivers arriving at the airport by car, according to analysis.
• Thomas Cook collapses after rescue negotiations fail [subscription]Britain’s biggest peacetime repatriation mission was launched today after holiday giant Thomas Cook collapsed, leaving 150,000 UK tourists stranded abroad for up to a fortnight.

Sky News

• Thomas Cook collapse: Holidaymakers' return to take two weeksThomas Cook has collapsed, prompting the UK's biggest ever peacetime repatriation to bring 150,000 stranded customers home.

Manchester Evening News

• All flights and holiday bookings cancelled as tour operator Thomas Cook collapses"Thomas Cook customers in the UK yet to travel should not go to the airport as all flights leaving the UK have been cancelled."

East Anglian Daily Times

• Thousands of holidaymakers stranded as Thomas Cook goes bustTravel company Thomas Cook has fallen into compulsory liquidation.