ZOOM Airlines

[theterminator08]

Hi All

Just wondering if anyone has seen about Zoom Airlines on BBC that they may be going into Administration?

Also when you go to there site you get a Zoom Logo but you cant get into there site at all!

Has anyone heard any more about this?

Reading the site a flight has been grounded at Glasgow Airport due to non payment of fees then later they said they may be filling for administration!

[Rondetto]

Just seen this on BBC Wales. Yes, it appears they've been grounded.

[Honey Bunny]

I thought they was quite a new company?
I know they had cheapish flights to the usa and canada.

[Honey Bunny]

Yes it says that they are filing for insolvencey on their web site now?

[theterminator08]

Quote from there web site!


Zoom Airlines sincerely regrets to advise its customers that it has suspended operations with effect from 18:00 UTC on Thursday 28 August.

All flights scheduled to depart from have been cancelled and Zoom's aircraft have been grounded.

Both Zoom Airlines Inc and Zoom Airlines Ltd, the Canadian and UK airlines, will be filing for insolvency proceedings in their home countries today.

For customers who have future travel plans involving a Zoom flight for which reservations and payment have been made, you should refer to your credit or debit card company to apply for a refund. We have set out details of other airlines who operate the same or similar routes to those flown with Zoom in the hope that this may assist you in making alternative travel plans to replace the flights that you had booked with Zoom.

If your travel arrangements have been made as part of a holiday package originating in the UK and booked through a holiday company, you may be able to make a claim under the CAA's Air Travel Organiser's Licence scheme. For information on this, please consult the CAA ATOL website at www.atol.org.uk.

Hugh and John Boyle, the founders of Zoom, said today: "We deeply regret the fact that we have been forced to cease all Zoom operations. It is a tragic day for our passengers and more than 600 staff.

"We are desperately sorry for the inconvenience that this will cause passengers and those who have booked flights.

"We have done everything we can to support the airline and left no stone unturned to secure a re-financing package that would have kept our aircraft flying. Even as late as yesterday we had secured a new investment package but the actions of creditors meant we could not continue flying.

"The collapse of Zoom is a result of matter beyond our control. Only last year Zoom Airlines made profit, but that turned into a loss in the last year due to the unprecedented increase in the price of aviation fuel and the economic climate. The price of oil resulted in our fuel bill jumping by nearly $50 million in one year and we could not recover that from passengers who had already booked their flights.

"We would like to thank the many thousands of passengers who chose to travel with Zoom during the last seven years and efforts of the airline's staff."

We have been advised that British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are graciously offering special fares to assist Zoom customers that have been displaced by the suspension of our services.

[tittlemouse]

Well we did have a flight booked from Canada with them, but we ain't got it now, so busy looking for another flight and hoping I can get some or all of my money back. They have been operating for years and have had quite a good reputation but hey ho. I booked my flight 8 months ago with them, and did half expect to get a fuel surcharge, but was quite surprised that we didn't but hey even more surprised today :lol

I did not see any news in the UK about it, my folks phoned from Canada to tell me, and I could not access their web site, it has only been this evening that I have been able to get any information from the company.

[Honey Bunny]

Its amazing such a short time can make such a difference, I remember they was doing really well last year.
Oil manufactures and distributors holding the world to ransom again!

[HW John]

Ive been watching this develop over the past couple of months.

They have been teetering on the edge for a while now, and barely made ends meet. Once all the airports and companies ganged up on them for money it was just too much. Once one started, everyone jumped on the band wagon. But with oil when it was at $140 a barrel, im not suprised some of the lower cost operators are having a very tough time...especially pure transatlantic trips.

I feel incredibly sorry for the airline staff who will have to find jobs elsewhere

[Tarry]

Not good for those stranded though

[itsme]

do you think that maybe they sold there tickets far to cheap and thats why they have gone under ?????????????