Just one country badly affected by a changing climate as World Leaders gather in new york for the u. N. Climate summit. This is the business im joined on in berlin while we begin with the collapse of the worlds oldest travel Company Thomas Cook had stopped operating after failing to secure a last minute bailout thats left more than half a 1000000 holidaymakers around the world stranded well have more on that in a minute but heres a look back at that era thats now come to an end it all began 178 years ago as a father and son outfit offering modest trips between english cities but it grew into a multi 1000000000. 00 travel firm with global reach and 22000000. 00 customers at the turn of the century the group expanded rapidly buying up Tour Operators hotels and Airlines Across europe among the firms subsidiaries are Tour Operator necromancer which offers trips to customers in germany switzerland austria and others to that coax planes the groups the Airline Business comprise comprises of
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thomas cook airlines and condor germany together they have $105.00 jets. despite the group s collapse condor remains an operation flights are running normally but it s requested a bridging loan from the government and has said it cannot honor bookings made by a top thomas cook putting affected passengers in the same situation as thousands of others around the world. holidays a chance to distress and recharge the batteries not so for these travelers among hundreds of thousands of thomas cook customers wondering how on earth they re going to get hold. they just how disconnected i think the iberia jets get we should get more information but we re not too sure this is a nightmare they mistrust. not wanted really before would hold your thought can you do if you re overseas on