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However, the ATOL protection remained on package holidays purchased through Monarch, making it ever more important for consumers to check and read the small print for those important protection logos.
This crisis followed Ryanair cancelling
18,000 ights, affecting almost 400,000 passengers due to y in the autumn, after a pilot rota blunder. Many passengers were not
protected by ATOL and were left out of pocket.
The report ndings echo results from ABTA about the increased awareness of protection among consumers after the
urry of failures.
The travel association said in September that 74% of people recognise the ABTA logo, representing an increase of 1% from 2016.
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