Press Release

Thomas Cook Group plc and certain group companies (in Compulsory Liquidation)

September 23, 2019

LONDON (September 23, 2019) - On 23 September 2019, the High Court appointed the Official Receiver as liquidator of the companies listed below on the petition of the companies’ directors. Simultaneously, the Court also appointed Simon Appell, Alastair Beveridge, Dan Imison and Ben Browne as Special Managers of the companies to support the liquidator.

Company name (Company number)

Thomas Cook Group plc (06091951)
Thomas Cook Airlines Limited (02012379)
Thomas Cook Group Treasury Limited (06575598)
Thomas Cook Tour Operations Limited (03772199)
Thomas Cook Airlines Treasury plc (11011161)
Thomas Cook In Destination Management Limited (08927429)
Thomas Cook Group Tour Operations Limited (10699895)
Thomas Cook Money Limited (10344118)
Thomas Cook Services Limited (03028914)
MyTravel Group Limited (00742748)
Thomas Cook Investments (2) Limited (06062179)
Thomas Cook Continental Holdings Limited (06614883)
Blue Sea Overseas Investments Limited (02950050)
Thomas Cook Group UK Limited (02319744)
Thomas Cook Finance 2 Plc (10645715)
Thomas Cook Group Airlines Limited (10645850)
Thomas Cook West Investments Limited (08157544)
Thomas Cook UK Limited (02631252)
Thomas Cook UK Travel Limited (01362039)

The Special Managers were appointed to help manage the affairs, business and property of the companies, in accordance with the powers and duties contained in the order appointing them.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), with assistance from the Special Managers will be coordinating the repatriation of UK Thomas Cook customers. 

A dedicated website has been set up by the CAA for customers and any affected passengers currently overseas or travelling in the future should contact the CAA at Thomascook.caa.co.uk. Suppliers providing on-going services associated with the repatriation will be contacted by the CAA directly.

If you are an employee or creditor of one of the companies noted above please contact the Special Managers at TCUKemployees@alixpartners.com and TCUKcreditors@alixpartners.com respectively.

Contact information

For media enquiries relating to the liquidation process please contact press.office@insolvency.co.uk 

For media enquiries relating to repatriation and future travel please contact press.office@caa.co.uk

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