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📍 Jet2 has surpassed 6 million ATOL licenses in a year for the first time and is projected to reach 7 million by 2025, according to the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The previous record of 5.9 million licenses was held by TUI UK in 2009. In 2023, 26.3 million ATOL licenses were registered, with 27.3% used by British tourists traveling to Spain on holiday packages. Of 17.26 million British tourists, 16.1 million traveled for holidays, and 7.2 million flew on holiday packages, accounting for 46%. The ATOL system, funded by travel agencies, tour operators, and airlines, protects passengers in case of company collapse, as seen with Thomas Cook's failure impacting 150,000 customers.

💸 Qantas was fined 100 million Australian dollars (approximately 61 million euros) by the Australian Federal Court for selling tickets for over 8,000 canceled domestic flights between May 2021 and July 2022. The fraudulent activity affected about 880,000 passengers. The fine is part of a settlement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) from May, which also included a commitment by Qantas to pay an additional 20 million Australian dollars (12.3 million euros) to over 86,000 customers. The penalty also relates to the failure to timely notify passengers about the cancellation of 10,000 flights scheduled between May and July 2022.