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CAA pleased with number of ATOL renewals
The Civil Aviation Authority has said the number of companies who have chosen not to renew their ATOL licences was lower than last spring and similar to March 2000 figures.
In total 708 of 1,840 ATOLs were due for renewal – with 648 companies renewing by last week’s deadline. In contrast 84 companies failed to renew in spring 2001.
The CAA’s Consumer Protection Group said this represented the smallest “not renewed” number since 1995.
The CAA’s ATOL manager Keith Hind said: “This was a good result, which underlines the resilience of the industry – overall, we found that licence holders were positive about the coming year. Most of the firms that didn’t renew on time do only a small amount of business under their licences and we expect that some of them will renew in the next week or so.
“Every renewal, a number of firms decide not to renew their licences and this is a crude measure of the strength of the ATOL market. This time the percentage drop-out rate was lower than last March and similar to that in March 2000. We’re continuing to build awareness of the ATOL brand, so that customers can check before they book that their holiday is ATOL protected. We publicise the list of the licences that haven’t been renewed by giving it to all seat suppliers and also by putting it on our website.”
The ATOL travel protection scheme gives protection from losing money or being stranded abroad to the 29 million people in the UK who buy air holidays and flights from tour operators each year.
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