Seat only operator Avro has added flights on former Kiss routes to help rebook holidaymakers.
Since Kiss Flights collapsed last night, Avro has added extra services from Gatwick and Manchester to Dalaman, Turkey and it says extra flights to Sharm el Sheikh are ‘likely to follow shortly.’
Avro already offers flights on routes previously offered by Kiss to Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Dalaman, Bodrum and Antalya, Zante, Rhodes, Kos, Skiathos, Heraklion, Chania, Corfu, Kefalonia and Preveza, Sharm el Sheikh and Luxor in Egypt and Bulgaria.
Avro Managing Director Michael Vinales said: “We realise how difficult it will be for agents to secure alternative travel arrangements for their customers in what has to be the most heavily booked period of the year.
“We operate to all the destinations most acutely affected and as ever we are here to support travel agents and our retail partners.
"The quicker we move to make this process as smooth as possible for agents, the more chance we have of rebuilding confidence in our sector.”
Meanwhile accommodation supplier lowcostbeds.com and transfer specialist resorthoppa.com have said that for customers affected by the Flight Options/Kiss Flights collapse they will “where possible, endeavour to cancel arrangements free of charge and will only pass on charges where we incur them directly.”
by Debbie Ward
