The cancellations caused by the collapse of Thomas Cook Airlines and its parent company, U.K.-based Thomas Cook Group, on Monday have reportedly stranded more than 150,000 customers abroad. According to the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the failure of the 178-year-old tourism company, which ceased trading and filed for bankruptcy on Monday morning, has necessitated the largest peacetime repatriation effort in the country’s history. At the request of the British government, the CAA says it has “secured a fleet of aircraft from around the world” and launched a program to return affected U.K. customers home. The program is expected to operate from Sept. 23 through Oct. 6.
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