Melanie Cook, 55, left, and friend Caroline Ives, 53, arrive back at Gatwick Airport on one of the first repatriation flights for stranded Thomas Cook clients, from Dalaman in Turkey. Travel company Thomas Cook has ceased trading after failing to come to a deal with its bankers and creditors, leaving tens of thousands of travellers unable to depart on their holidays from South Terminal at Gatwick Airport, and a massive repatriation exercise to return holidaymakers from destinations all over the world. London Gatwick Airport, September 23 2019.
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