UK Travel firm has gone into administration today resulting in all the companies air plans being grounded. The firm, which is the third biggest travel company in the UK has blamed rapidly rising fuel costs and the economic downturn for the crises. XL flys to 50 different destinations mainly in Europe and the Caribbean. The collapse of the firm has left approximately 85,000 people stranded aboard and an estimated 200,000 losing out on holidays that have already been paid for.
XL Travel’s porfiolio of firms includes the following:
- XL Leisure Group
- XL Airways UK
- Excel Aviation
- Explorer House
- Aspire Holiday
- Freedom Flights
- Freedom Flights (Aviation)
- The Really Great Holiday Company
- Medlife Hotels
- Travel City Flights
- Kosmar Villa Holidays
The XL group, which is based in Crawley, West Sussex and has has 1,700 employees worldwide. If you are looking for work now, as a result of this collapse, please visit www.aviationjobsearch.com
If you have suffered due to the business folding, please let us know.
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