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■ Palmair reduces Bournemouth flights
Hunt still on for
Bath Travel has dismissed rumours it will axe
its Palmair airline venture. But managing
director Stephen Bath admitted it will reduce
its winter 2010-11 flying programme from
Bournemouth, due to competition from budget
airlines. He said Palmair’s only Boeing 737
E-Clear millions
remained on lease until April 2012 and that
he hoped to offer it for charter work. But he
added that Palmair would operate a full COMPANIES owed money by collapsed credit card PricewaterhouseCoopers holds a meeting for
summer 2011 programme. processing firm E-Clear will find out at the end creditors at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh
of the month if the firm’s administrator has on March 23.
■ Corfu carbon monoxide trial continues recovered any assets. Bruce Cartwright, joint administrator for the
The trial of two Thomas Cook reps over the E-Clear’s administrator BDO is currently down- Globespan Group, said: “The meetings will give
deaths of two children in Corfu in 2006 was loading information from 100 computers seized us the opportunity to explain to the creditors
due to resume yesterday (Thursday) on the from the company’s former headquarters in both the scale of the administration and the
Greek island. Sharon Wood, mother of the London’s Berkeley Square. progress we have made since our appointment
two children who died, was scheduled to give A team of 12, including forensic accountants in December.”
evidence. Reps Richard Carson and Nicola and insolvency experts, is going through the The latest company linked with E-Clear to
Gibson face charges of manslaughter by negli- computers and records, as well as talking to cease trading is Canada-based Go Travel South,
gence, along with nine Greek nationals, after former employees. which was founded by Scottish ex-pat Hugh Boyle.
the children died of carbon monoxide poisoning. E-Clear, which was run by Elias Elia, was Boyle had been chasing £300,000 in payments
The case will then continue on March 11. put into administration in January with debts of owed to Go Travel by E-Clear. The company had
£100 million – including £35 million owed to been due to run charter flights from the UK to
■ Scantours ceases trading Scottish budget airline Flyglobespan which Canada this summer.
Nordic specialist operator Scantours has ceased collapsed in December. Both BDO and PwC have been looking at
trading. The Abta member traded under the A BDO spokeswoman said: “We tried to work whether any funds were diverted to Elia’s other
following brands: Scantours, Brief Encounters, with Elia to see how things were funded. But they businesses, including his Elian property develop-
Iceland Adventures, Scandinavian Holidays, do not appear to have any recognisable assets.” ment company in Cyprus.
ScanMeridian, Summer Adventures, Travel BDO plans to contact E-Clear creditors by the The Serious Fraud Office has received com-
Scandinavia and Winter Adventures. London- end of March to update them once they have plaints about E-Clear but has not decided
based Scantours was founded by former Abta finished going through E-Clear’s records. whether to launch an official investigation.
president Colin Trigger in 1967. It was most Meanwhile, Flyglobespan creditors, including “Any complaints or allegations received are, as
recently owned and operated by Ian Woolgar. 650 former staff, will also find out if they will a matter of standard practice, given appropriate
receive any money when its administrator consideration,” said an SFO spokeswoman.
■ New Corsica gateway planned this summer
Specialist operator Corsican Places will run the
only UK flights to Calvi this summer. A weekly
flight from Stansted will operate to the airport,
in the northwest of Corsica. Departures will be
on Sundays from May 16 to September 26.
Virgin Holidays has teamed up with
Walt Disney World Resorts to offer
agents top Disney prizes, including a
dream holiday for two, with a magical night
spent in the Cinderella Castle Suite at the
Florida theme park. Every booking made by
April 18 will earn a £30 voucher valid at several
top retailers, and the first 100 agents to submit
an online entry at vhols4agents.com will get a
free Disney DVD. At the end of the promotion, a
draw will be made for the top prize. To find out
more visit ttglive.com/KeysToTheCastle
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