European airline bankruptcies
Once again airline bankruptcies are hitting the news headlines. At the time of writing, October 2019, 2019 has witnessed fewer cessations than previous years, however the companies have been on average larger and there have been record numbers of stranded passengers. Approximately 5% of European airlines cease operating each year. source: www.companydatashop.com The economic cost of bankruptcies is very high. For Thomas Cook the costs were: about 600,000 passengers were stranded in a foreign country and had to be repatriated. About 150,000 of them British citizens which took about 750 flights to bring them home. 60% of the cost was cost was covered by ATOL. 21,000 people loss their jobs The company had £1.7 ($2.1) billion in debt Thomas Cook Aigle Azur FlyBMI List of most recent cessations: Year Airline Country 2019 Adria Slovenia 2019 Aigle Azur France 2019 Buryat Airlines Russia 2019 FlyBMI UK 2019 Ger...