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Thomas Cook's future is in balance during last minute negotiations to prevent the holiday company from crashing.
Civil aviation authorities have aircraft on hold if a travel agent is in control.
The BBC knows that these aircraft are flying to their current destination, so British tourists can return home on Monday if needed.
Thomas Cook "won't believe it" to survive, sources told the BBC.
The government has already said that Thomas Cook is ready to take vacationers to the UK when it collapses.
But it pointed out that there will be little company bailout.
Foreign Minister Dominic Robb did not “systematicly intervene” at the start of the project unless the BBC's Andrew Marr show had “good strategic national interests”.
Funding pressure
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The financial difficulties of tour operators have grown over the past year, completing a refinancing plan led by Fosun, the largest shareholder in August.
But the bank now wants the company to raise additional funds, and if it doesn't find 200 million pounds, it could fall into administration within a few days.
Thomas Cook's customers have reminded me that social media has Atol protection, a fund imposed on the industry "when Thomas Cook enters the administration."
The travel agent reassured the customer that the flights were operating normally on Sunday.
Raab said earlier that the government learned a lesson from the collapse of Monarch Airlines in 2017.
After the bankruptcy, the CAA performed the most peaceful repatriation of the British people.
But if the same thing happens to Thomas Cook, the work will be much larger.
View from Mallorca
Liz Preston said he cheered when the plane arrived in Palma.
BBC European Reporter Gavin Lee
While eagerly waiting for Thomas Cook customers to wonder how it will affect their holidays, some say they are already in "horrible" situations abroad.
Customers at a hotel in Tunisia say that on Saturday they would not be able to leave the hostel unless they paid extra (in some cases thousands of pounds) to cover the resort's costs owed.
In Majorca, it's a different story.
Liz Preston said there was cheers when the plane took off from Gatwick.
"The moment we actually captured the real relief, we were able to go on vacation and know it could be one of our last flights."
Thomas Cook staff was in a peace of mind mode, urging customers to enjoy their vacation, but advised them to keep an eye on the news when things change and it becomes difficult to return home.
Richard Stevens regularly travels with Thomas Cook.
Richard Stevens, from Kent's Faversham, said that Thomas Cook was "frustrated" because he was on a Thomas Cook package vacation with his wife and two sons for a "messy".
The domino effect of Thomas Cook collapse on this holiday island will be important.
Hundreds of small industries rely on the flow of Thomas Cook travelers to travel, water sports, cafes and bars.
Caledonia Tours is a company that offers tourism. Lucas Pantone, tour operator, says 80{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} of his business is from Thomas Cook. "There will be a crisis meeting in a few hours about whether we can survive," he says.
- We've been taken as hostages.
There are currently 600,000 Thomas Cook customers on the holiday, of which 150,000-160,000 are British.
One of the world's largest travel companies, Thomas Cook, was founded in 1841 for a day of excursions, and currently has annual turnover of 9 billion pounds.
There are 22,000 employees in the UK, of which 9,000 serve 19 million customers in 16 countries.
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Thomas Cook has hundreds of high street stores
In July, Thomas Cook made a business plan that required 990 million pounds of refinancing, compared to the previous 150 million pounds. £ 900m will come from Fosun, creditors group and other investors in China.
The lender group commissioned an independent investigation. The financial adviser said Thomas Cook would require an additional 200 million pounds over the already required £ 900 million.
Thomas Cook succeeded in finding a backer to offer an additional 200 million pounds, but the BBC knows that he has withdrawn since then.
The company blamed a series of issues on profit warnings, including those that delayed booking vacations due to political instability in holiday destinations like Turkey, prolonged heat waves last summer and Brexit.
What are your rights?
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In case of package vacation, the air travel organizer's license scheme (Atol) will apply.
You may need to move to another hotel or apartment, but this scheme pays for overseas accommodation.
If the airline is no longer operating, Atol will pay for you to bring it home.
If you booked your vacation in the future, it will be refunded to the scheme.
If you booked a flight-only transaction, you should apply for a refund by applying to your travel insurance company or credit and debit card provider.
When Monarch Airlines crashed in 2017, the government organized all stranded passengers to be brought home, whether or not Atol was applied.
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