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Thousands of passengers stranded as low-cost airline Zoom collapses

UK - The carrier, which carried 500,000 passengers a year, became the latest victim of soaring fuel prices and the growing crisis in the aviation industry.
Its sudden demise left passengers having to find alternative arrangements to get home from airports in the USA, Canada and Bermuda.
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are understood to be ready to fly passengers home with special one-way deals, following talks with Zoom.
The collapse also wrecked the holiday plans of thousands of people who were hoping to fly west across the Atlantic.
Meanwhile the position of those who have booked to fly in the future is more complex. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News