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Kiss Flights collapse hits 60,000

18th August 2010

The collapse of budget travel firm Kiss Flights has caused disruption for more than 60,000 travellers, it has been reported.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that Kiss Flights folded after its owner Flight Options stopped trading on Tuesday night.

Travellers were able to fly to Greece, Turkey, Egypt and the Canary Islands through the British-based firm.

The 13,000 holidaymakers who have already planned trips through Kiss Flights will get home as normal, the CAA said.

But while the "vast majority" of the estimated 60,000 who had booked future flights with the company will receive refunds, several thousand who had booked package deals through the company could be left out of pocket.

Those affected may resort to checking their travel insurance to see if they can reclaim any of the costs, otherwise they could lose out on hundreds of pounds of travel money.

Customers with flights leaving the UK before 6pm on Wednesday were told their trips would operate as planned.

A CAA spokesman said: "Because the company has failed at the height of summer, the CAA is also putting in place arrangements to allow people to travel out on their holidays for the next 24 hours, to minimise confusion and protect passengers."

Kiss is the major trading name of Flight Options, which bought the company last year.

Flight Options also traded under the names Africa Options, America Options, Canada Options, Caribbean Options, Dubai Options, Elgouna Options, Elgouna Villas and Apartments, Florida Options, Florida Owners Club, Golf Options, Holidayops.com, Orlando Villas Direct, Sportops.com, Travel Options Direct and Travelplus.

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