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ABTA celebrates next step to ATOL victory
The Government has extended the Secretary of State’s powers to include holidays sold by airlines in the ATOL scheme in its Civil Aviation Bill.
The move has been welcomed by ABTA CEO Mark Tanzer who said it was a major step forward.
“Only with the inclusion of holidays sold by airlines will the ATOL system be truly comprehensive, transparent and fair,” he said.
“We now look forward to the Government making an explicit commitment to this; the Department for Transport directly addressed the question of holidays sold by airlines during its summer consultation and the case for inclusion was emphatically made by ABTA and other respondents.
“A further consultation on this matter is unnecessary. With the Flight Plus legislation coming into effect in April we would urge the Government to act at the earliest opportunity to avoid further confusion for consumers and a lack of a level playing field within the industry.â€
by Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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