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ASH UPDATE – Repatriation cruise ships due to dock
Monday, 22 Apr, 2010
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Island Cruises’ ship Island Escape is due to dock in Falmouth tomorrow morning with 1,400 stranded Thomson and First Choice holidaymakers on board.
A further 2,000 holidaymakers will be sailing home from Bilbao on new ship Celebrity Eclipse to arrive in Southampton tomorrow evening.
The Island Esape is due to will reach the Cornish coast at 10:45 on Friday.
The ship was called in to action on Monday once the extent of the flight restrictions were realised.
Island Cruises and sister company Thomson worked around the clock to re-route itineraries in order to aid repatriation efforts.
On board the ship are a number of passengers who were unable to fly back to the UK after their cruise, plus 300 non-cruise Thomson and First Choice customers who were collected in Funchal, Madeira en-route.
The holiday company confirmed that the vast majority of customers waiting to return to the UK will do so by Friday.
The majority of outbound flights will resume today (see separate TravelMole story).
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