Principled: Sir Mike Gooley also criticises holiday firms that held on to travellers money after cancelled trips
This was the year Sir Mike Gooley was supposed to be winding down towards retirement. But after five decades in charge of Trailfinders, the 84-year-old has been as busy as ever. Gooley s current daily routine starts at the ungodly hour of 4am, when he rises to plot the next step in securing the future of the travel business he founded in 1970.
Not only has the Covid pandemic left most holiday businesses fighting for survival, but the Government s incessant flip-flopping on international travel rules has added a thick layer of complexity to Gooley s already tremendous workload.
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Updated: 7 May 2021, 11:17
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He will also announce a traffic light system that will show holidaymakers where is safe to book a trip abroad this evening.
Brits returning from green countries won t have to quarantine as long as they can show a negative Covid test when they arrive back in the UK. Amber countries will involve spending 10 days in quarantine on your return to the UK and regular PCR tests.
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It was hoped a small amount could be recouped for the Department for Transport (DfT) at a time when the pandemic has wrecked the state s finances.
But papers released by auditor KPMG show Greybull lost £25million from the administration process, which was completed last month.
As a result the controversial turnaround group will not contribute anything at all to the eye-watering bill, which cost around £550 per passenger.
Marc Meyohas, Greybull s boss and co-founder, had said in a leaked letter to Parliament s transport committee that it had a moral obligation to hand back cash if it made a profit.
The Civil Aviation Authority was forced to charter 34 planes from the likes of Easyjet and Qatar Airways days after Monarch went bust.