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Slovakia-owned budget airline stops British flights
Sep 1, 2009, 12:40 GMT
London - A Slovakia-owned budget airline Tuesday cancelled all flights out of Britain owing to financial problems, Britain's travel association ABTA said.
Slovakia-based SkyEurope had been offering services from Luton airport, near London, and from Manchester, in northern England, to Prague and the Czech Republic as well as to the Slovakian destinations of Poprad, Kosice and Bratislava.
ABTA, the Association of British Travel Agents and Tour Operators, said passengers who had booked on credit cards and those with package deals were likely to be protected under existing insurance schemes.
Low-fare airlines Ryanair and easyJet both offered special fares to get SkyEurope passengers home, report said.
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