More than 30 airlines around the world have gone bust so far this year and in Ireland alone a handful of tour operators have gone out of business. Recent collapses include:
September 12th:XL Leisure Group, the UK's third-largest tour operator, and its Irish subsidiary, XL Leisure Group (Ireland), trading as XL Holidays, go into liquidation. Over 65,000 holidaymakers are stranded abroad, including 1,200 Irish customers.
September 7th:Spanish airline Futura International Airways and its Irish subsidiary, Futura Gael, cease trading with the loss of 90 jobs in Dublin.
August:Budget transatlantic airline Zoom goes bust, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at Belfast and other UK airports.
August:Mayo-based operator Ronane Travel/Great Escapes collapses, leaving 500 customers stranded abroad and more than 400 who had made bookings with cancelled holidays.
July:Gerry McMahon/Fáilte Travel, based in Sandyford, goes out of business, leaving 200 people stranded in Cyprus for more than 48 hours and resulting in the loss of a holiday for about 3,000 people.
July:Galway-based MacLaverty Travel ceases trading.
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