UK: Govt plans repatriation ‘toolkit’ when airlines go bust

A statement from the new Conservative govt said proposed airline insolvency legislation aims to “protect passengers in the event of an airline going bust by reforming the airline insolvency process”. The planned law would introduce a repatriation ‘toolkit’ of mechanisms for companies and passengers, including making it easier for the Civil Aviation Authority to grant a Temporary Airline Operating Licence so that an airline can continue repatriating passengers following insolvency. The new law would also enhance the CAA’s powers to improve its “oversight of airlines in distress and mitigate the impacts of a future airline failure”. It would extend the CAA’s remit to apply to the repatriation of both Atol and non-Atol protected passengers. <br/>