"Monarch" threw his "subjects. Bankruptcy Monarch Airlines: the biggest return of the British to their homeland in peacetime why the queen does not save air passengers in England

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Only more than 800 thousand passengers were injured due to the collapse of the airline.

Only more than 800 thousand passengers were injured due to the collapse of the airline. The agency described the crisis as "the largest failure of the UK airline for all times" and stated that it organizes the replacement of flights to return travelers home.

"This is an unprecedented reaction to an unprecedented situation," the Minister of Transport of Great Britain Chris Grayling, who describes the reaction to the unexpected bankruptcy of the Airline Airlines as "the country's largest repatriation in peacetime in the country. "No one should underestimate the size of the problem, so I ask passengers to be patient and act according to the Councils of Civil Aviation Agency," Greinging added.

Twitter airlines have a warning for customers to cancel flights. "Do not go to the airport. There will be no longer a single flight MONARCH," the report says.

The chaotic situation caused angic and alarmed posts on social networks. In the comments, one of the users is indignant, and someone is trying to calm people. "Such a shame, but people, think about the staff ... Wake up with these news, and you think about mortgage payments and futures. Your rest can be re-posted!" - writes Emma Smith. In another, Tetit Woman wrote that her brother is one of the flight attendants and only took a mortgage that he now does not know how to pay.

"I woke up to learn about the Collapse Monarch. Flights for family holidays are canceled, and the equivalent flights cost twice as many," Navid Khan, a medical student from London complains.

British transport authorities stated that they hire more than 30 aircraft for flights to repatriation, creating a "temporary airline from scratch, which would be one of the largest carriers of Britain if worked on an ongoing basis."

According to aviation management estimates, about 300 thousand future orders of the airline, which flew to destination throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, were also canceled. The Office has created a special website to help affected customers.

Blair Nimmo, the representative of the airline, spoke on Sky News and explained the situation by the fall of income in connection with the terrorist attacks in Egypt and Tunisia, the "destruction" of the tourist destination to Turkey and the fall of the course of the pound in relation to the dollar after. He said that compensation for holiday expenses will be individually.

Power assures that all passengers will be returned home, primarily minors who are unaccompanied. Also promise to make efforts to ensure the movement of family groups with one flight.

MONARCH AIRLINES was one of the oldest in the UK and the fifth largest in the country. She acted since 1968 and flew fleets in forty directions from Luton airports, Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds-Bradford.

Recall, recently in the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (Ator), they announced, which would lead to social discontent. The reason for such a disappointing forecast is to the payables of the airline "VIM-Avia" in the amount of from 3 to 10 billion rubles, which led to the actual suspension of flights.

The outcome of the high summer season brought the problem not only to Russian carriers in the face of "Vim-Avia". One of the oldest British airlines "Monarch Airlines", which was the fifth in terms of transportation in the country, announced economic difficulties and termination of transportation.

It is worth noting that this airline has a common with VIM-Avia - both specialized in charter transportation of tourists to Mediterranean resorts. It is no secret that the tourist and the British Aviation Market is somewhat different. Tourists who bought tickets from "Monarch Airlines" almost never felt the carrier's problems. Transportation was quickly redirected and all delivered all to destinations in time.

According to the information of the Air Force, information about the suspension of flights arrived yesterday morning, October 2. At the same time, sales of tickets were discontinued by the carrier, and all existing reservations with departures immediately were immediately annulled. The director of the airline E. Callofield in his interview with respect to what happened that the problems arose against the background of several nuances. Financial collapse is due to terrorist attacks in Egypt and Tunisia. A variety of tourists had to change their plans, and the carrier to lose money. Also did not pass without a trace and attempts to the state coup in Turkey. Reducing the tourist flux led financial difficulties, and then bankruptcy. The main thing - everything is openly talking about the problem, no one hides.

At the time of the bankruptcy announcement abroad, there were approximately 110 thousand tourists who bought tickets from "Monarch Airlines". It can be said that the problem of stuck tourists turned out to be comparable in two carriers who have ceased operations. This coincidence ends, as the further actions of the Carrier of the MONARCH Airlines and the authorities are significantly different.

Let's start with the carrier. The fact that the financial difficulties of MONARCH AIRLINES appeared immediately as they themselves understood the inevitable collapse. The airline's management appealed to the Office of the UK Civil Aviation and only then made another attempt to find a compromise with creditors. The deadline for solving the difficulties was the evening of Sunday. To get financing from creditors from the carrier did not come out, because on Monday morning it was announced the suspension of activities.

What did the heads of specialized departments? They initially received the instructions of the Transport Secretary, which is an analogue of the Russian Minister of Transport, CSA to charthen board for the carriage of passengers. Already on Tuesday, October 2, the vessel were sent for vacationers. There is one more moment: all passengers return home, as they say, according to purchased tickets, that is, the tickets. No one had to reduce the long-awaited holidays in connection with the bankruptcy of the carrier.

As for those who were just going to find out on vacation, buying tickets from the fifth largest carrier of the United Kingdom, they offer compensation 100% of the cost. There will be no actually incurred expenses. To find a way out during this kind of problem in Britain introduced the system "Air Travel Organiser's Licence", the control of which is engaged in CAA. This system is designed to protect tourists and guarantee them a refund. Also here are addressed when there is a chance to stay "abandoned" due to the bankruptcy of the carrier or a tourist service provider. When unforeseen circumstances arise, tourists should not feel anything at all. This is not the problems of their competence and arise not by their fault. The reserve fund allocates funding, which is sent to accommodation in those hotels with which the contract was concluded. No one changes the timing of the trip - the tourist crashes exactly when he planned.

An example with a bankruptcy of the British carrier shows that Russian tourists, unfortunately, cannot be so protected. If you recall the same "Vim-Avia", the conclusion appears by itself. Neither Rosaviatsiya nor the Ministry of Transport, nor Rosturism understood the sense of what to do. Moreover, information about the problems with the finance of the carrier until the latter did not apply. To speak specifically, while the president personally did not intervene in a situation, it developed not the most irrelevant way. In fact, they solved everything in manual mode.

In order for the tourists who had to return to the wings "Vim-Avia", they got home, they connected a special flight detachment "Russia", which deals with the transportation of the first officials. In addition, the air raised the vessel of many other carriers, including bankrupt companies. Now the carrier bankruptcy brings to the monastery and tour operators, against which, ultimately, administrative cases are excited.

Do you think that the situation with the problem carrier in Britain really decided so easily? Could it be so with passengers "Vim-Avia"?

At the outcome of the high summer season, there are not only Russian carriers in the face "" - one of the oldest players in the British market and the fifth of the transportation of the airline of the country "" announced the termination of flights due to economic difficulties. It is worth noting that the English carrier, as well as "Vim-Avia", specialized in charter delivery of tourists to the resorts of the Mediterranean. However, the aircraft and tourist market in Britain is regulated by local officials much more correctly to all of its participants, with the result that tourists with air tickets Monarch Airlines do not experience any problems, unlike Russian tourists VIM-Avia.

So, according to BBC, that the airline suspends flights, it became known in the morning on Monday, October 2. At the same time, the carrier stopped all sales of air tickets, and all reservations for future departures were canceled. According to the head of the company Andrew Svalkield, the cause of the financial collapse of "Monarch Airlines" was immediately several factors - terrorist attacks in Egypt and Tunisia, as well as the attempt of the state coup in Turkey, which led to a sharp decline in the tourist flow.

At this point, there were about 110 thousand tourists with the MONARCH Airlines tickets. Those. The inconsistency of the British carrier touched on the number of tourists comparable to "Vim-Avia". However, this is the only coincidence in this analogy. All other actions as the airline itself and the authorities are radically diverged.

Firstly, the British airline from the state did not hide the British airline from the state - about the difficulties, the carrier's management informed the Great Britain's Civil Aviation (CAA) management, after which it tried to achieve certain agreements with creditors. The deadline for solving this issue was scheduled for Sunday evening. However, MONARCH's financial support was not able to receive financial support, because of which Monday in the morning and was announced the termination of flights.

But here, the heads of the UK's specialized departments demonstrated that they receive their salary not in vain: on behalf of the Transport Secretary (analogue of our Transport Minister), the CAA chartered the board for the export of tourists who were sent for travelers today. At the same time, all Passengers "Monarch" will be returned to their homeland according to their ways - no one will have to reduce their leave.

In turn, those who had only had to go to rest on the wings of the fifth largest carrier of Britain, will be able to return 100% ticket costs. Especially to protect tourists in such situations in the country there is a system "Air Travel Organiser" S Licence "(ATOL), which is running CAA. It guarantees the return of funds to the tourist for the paid tour or transportation, and also protects against the likelihood of being" abandoned " In the case of bankruptcy of the tour operator or airline. Moreover, in the event of unforeseen situations, nothing changes for travelers - the funds from the reserve fund go to pay for accommodation in those hotels that are spelled out in the contract. Also without changing the trip. Those. Tourists even no one evacuates!

Against this background, Russian tourists look at all defenseless. After all, if you remember the story with "Vim-Avia", it becomes obvious that neither the Ministry of Transport, nor Rosaviation nor Rosturism had a clear idea of \u200b\u200bwhat they need to do. And this is despite the fact that the heads of specialized departments were to the latter in ignorance or hidden information on serious airline problems. As a result, the Collapse was avoided only due to the fact that in person Russian President Vladimir Putin intervened in the situation, and the problem began to solve actually in manual mode. The special flight detachment "Russia" was connected to the return of Passengers "Vim-Avia", which provides air transport transportation of the first officials of our country. In addition, the air was raised on the air as other airlines and the "Vim-Avia".

However, it is definitely impossible to call this approach to civilized - instead of acting systemically for clear and thoughtful schemes, our officials due to their negligence or some other reasons are thrown out of extremes in extremes, taking the monastery not only themselves, but industry, for which they answer.

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This morning, the British tourist airline MONARCH AIRLINES was announced in the morning of his bankruptcy, which became the largest collapse among British airlines lately. Its problems can affect 110 thousand British tourists who are now at various resorts. The government is already taking measures to export people. Bankruptcy Monarch Airlines has become the third bankruptcy of the airline in Western Europe for this year. Previously, Alitalia and Airberlin said about such problems.


This morning, the British tour operator Monarch Travel Group Limited and the airline Monarch Airlines Limited have fallen under external management with immediate cancellation of all tours and flights from today. This was stated by the audit company KPMG, which became the external managers of the bankrupt tour operator and the airline. Auditors recommend clients of companies not to go to airports and wait for a special notice of how they will be taken from the resorts. KPMG explained the bankruptcy of Monarch Airlines "I had accumulated costs and growing competition in the European market of near hospital flights, because of what MONARCH GROUP has experienced operational losses for some time." Currently, external managers work closely with the Great Britain and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) aviation regulator for organizing flights that can be taken out of British tourists. KPMG appreciates the number of victims of Monarch clients in 110 thousand.

British media call Monarch AIR bankruptcy in the largest bankruptcy in the British sector of passenger air transportation recently. The company served about 40 directions and flew out of five British hubs - Gatwik, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Luton. The company also canceled about 300 thousand future bookings. According to KPMG, the company's annual tour turnover is about 200 thousand people. The company itself employs 2.1 thousand people. The Monarch leadership has already brought its deepest apologies to customers and recognized their mistakes in management. According to CAA, about 30 aircraft have already been allocated to the removal of tourists. The Minister of Transport of Great Britain Chris Greinging said that "this is an extremely unpleasant situation, and now our main task is to take people and help them return to the UK." Experts note that on the background of the competition broken after the fall in prices, this is the third bankruptcy of a large airline in Western Europe for this year, the German Airberlin and Italian Alitalia began the bankruptcy procedure.

However, British trade unions laid a part of the emergency situation around the Monarch bankruptcy on the British authorities. Representatives of Unite trade union noted that if ministers from the government of Teresa May "did not sit back" and in time provided the Monarch state aid, as the German authorities did in the case of Airberlin, around the bankruptcy of the British company would not have the situation in which it would be necessary Easy to export people home.

What is the difference between the bankruptcy of airlines in Russia and Europe.

It so happened that two airlines went bankrupt at the same time.

On September 26, 2017, a small Russian airline Vim-Avia, which had 29 aircraft and transported about 2 million people in 2016. She was the owner of Rashid Mursekayev. As a result of the bankruptcy "Vim-Avia" at the airports stuck about 16 thousand people.

Exactly a week later, on October 2, 2017, another airline went bankrupt - Monarch Airlines, this time British. According to the MONARCH profile, it was surprisingly similar to "Vim-Avia". Of course, she was more: her fleet counted 35 aircraft, and in 2016 she transported 5.4 million people. Otherwise, this was also a cheap company in which they were both flight flights and charters. Until 2014, she belonged to the Swiss billionaire Sergio Mantegazza (Sergio Mantegazza), which also owns the world's largest tourist agency Globus. In 2014, he sold a torn company for the nominal amount of the Greybull Capital investment fund. The bankruptcy of Monarch left 110 thousand British tourists abroad, who had to be taken out by the state by the Qatari airlines and EasyJet. Hiring aircraft cost taxpayers at 60 million pounds sterling. The airline sold tickets nearly 800 thousand tourists.

What is the difference between the bankruptcy "Vim-Avia" and Monarch? Two circumstances are striking.

First, the striking difference in the efficiency of using aircraft. Monarch had only 6 sides more (and the aircraft fleet from both companies was approximately the same), but transported 2.5 times more people.

And secondly, this is the most important thing - after the bankruptcy of MONARCH in the UK, no one opened a criminal case against Mantagazza or against Greybull. That is, it did not even occur to anyone.

As for Russia, then on the contrary. Even earlier, than from the airports managed to take all the passengers stuck there, SK pride reported on the initiation of a criminal case under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud in a large amount) and the detention of the general director and the chief of "Vim-Avia". The family owners of the company hurriedly left Russia.

Do not misunderstand me. I do not know the Balance of Vim-Avia. It is very possible that something from the company before death was flooded. We, in Russia, when the house is burning, the owners of the house always bring slippers from there. The problem is that the SC also, like me, did not have the slightest idea of \u200b\u200bthe state of the Balance of VIM-Avia. He excited the case not because he saw that something was stolen. He stated that the composition of the crime in the activities of the airline was that they continued to sell tickets, already knowing that they would not be able to ensure the transport of passengers.

But this is nonsense!

The owners of the airline could not know anything like that. They had a cash rupture - they could get out. Until the very last moment they could get a bank loan or assistance from the state, which would allow to continue flights. They could sell the airline.

In addition, such is the specifics of the airlines - they sell tickets for six months. "Vim-Avia" could not declare, for example, in March, that in October it will stop the operation, and please do not buy tickets on. Because if "Vim-Avia" stated it in March, she would stop working in March, and the criminal case, if you follow the logic of the SC, it would be formed anyway: because by stopping work in March, the airline would still have tickets sold to October.

In fact, the SC announced the crime of "VIM-Avia" its economic activities.

The absurdity of the charges submitted to the SC is clearly visible precisely in comparison with the MONARCH. There the size of the problem is even more: 110 thousand stuck tourists, 800 thousand burned tickets, but no one excites the criminal case.

In LifeNews.ru - this faithful media education of the Investigative Committee - the drain material about the assets of the Mursekayev family has already been released. It reports that the consulting company Rashid Mursekayeva was bankrupt a month before the collapse of Vim-Avia, and Mursekayev's daughter at the same time sold the fuel company recorded on it.

"Interesting interest can cause foreign assets of the family," the author of Life sharpens saliva. - And he says, - the family in Moscow has an apartment! In the club house! Two steps from Arbat! "

So you see the investigators, who have already aimed to take apartments, if the businessmen themselves have already escaped from Russia.

Strange, but the British Crown ProSecution absolutely does not pretend to other Assets Greybull Capital! Neither the network of British supermarkets M Local, nor the network of sports bars Rileys, nor the Greybull's steel-owned business purchased by them in 2016 in Tata. The British prosecutor's office and the assets of Sergio Mantagazzi did not target - and after all, he has a whole group of tourist companies: and tourist Globus Viaggi, and Cosmos Holidays, and Cruise Avalon Waterways, and in general this Son is a resident of Switzerland!

How do you ask, the British prosecutor's office may be so naive? Why does she pass by such a bold piece? Here are fools - they can not even initiate the criminal and under this case a chapel network of supermarkets, a cruise company and electrical stores!

Very simple. The fact is, there is such a thing as Limited Liability Company. Limited Liability implies that the owner or co-owner of the company does not carry personal responsibility for debts or for losses of the company.

It is the concept of Limited Liability and created capitalism. It is a key for a modern market economy. It allows people who are prone to entrepreneurship, to start more and more: and somewhere in the silicon valley, if behind the man's shoulders of a couple of bankrupt startups, it does not mean anything - it just means that a person is trying.

It is easy to see that the Russian Investigative Committee is a commitment to a completely different model. Unlimited Liability models. According to this model, anyone who is engaged in business is a criminal, and any criminal must share the fruits of his craft with investigators.

The commitment of the SC of this model is so great that Alexander Bastarkin recently asked the State Duma to take it any less - a bill of criminal liability for ... legal entities.

This enchanting idea that does not have parallels in the world legislation, in fact, will be a legislative execution of the practice in Russia, in which any business that does not have a roof is considered a crime, and the fact that the businessman is still not sits, this is not his merit, but The omission of security officials.

In this case, I do not interfere with Vim-Avia. As I said, I do not know what was the state of affairs in the company. She has huge debts and many creditors. It may very much that, after the bankruptcy procedure is introduced in the company, these lenders find out that the owners of the company did not pay them, and instead dismissed money. It may be very possible that the state banks who gave loans on the security of Wim-Avia aircraft will find out that the aircraft have been reloaded several times, that is, actually these loans had the character of the pyramid. (Which, however, will immediately cause the question: for what rollbacks such loans were given?)

But I want to draw the attention of my listeners, that in this case the initiator of the investigation should not be SC. It is quite capable of carrying out the robin creditors themselves.

SC all the time positions itself as an organization that is guarding the consumer. Having happened at any medium business fire, bankruptcy, poisoning, any trouble - immediately follows a criminal case, according to the principle of Unlimited Liability, which, by the way, encourages the owner of the chromatic business to suck out everything before dying to drop.

Strange, however, another. If the failureless struggle against the SK against businessmen fraudsters contributed to the prosperity of the economy, then it, the economy, would have to be much better with us than in the UK, where both Greybull and Montegazz retained after the Monarch bankruptcy their pubs and cruise companies.

And the situation is exactly the opposite.

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