Monarch

If you're booked on an inbound-only Monarch flight between now and Sunday and have yet to fly out on another airline, the aviation regulator is now warning you CAN'T expect to be flown home for free.

The first reclaim successes from passengers hit by the collapse of Monarch Airlines are already coming in, including a £175 refund which took just three days.

Some Monarch customers whose cancelled holidays or flights were protected under the ATOL scheme will be sent a form to make a claim by next Wednesday. But if you booked direct with Monarch Holidays, you'll need to try and claim from your credit card provider BEFORE claiming on ATOL.

Monarch Airlines has gone into administration and all its holidays and flights have been cancelled with immediate effect.

Monarch Airlines has been granted a 24-hour extension to its ATOL licence, meaning its flights and package holidays will continue to operate as normal today amid uncertainty over its future.

Airline and tour operator Monarch has scrapped its credit card charges for holiday and flight bookings, three weeks after Virgin Atlantic stopped charging the fees on its own flight bookings.

Airline Monarch has announced it has successfully renewed its Air Travel Organiser's Licence (ATOL) less than 24 hours before it was due to expire, ensuring its flights can continue operating as normal.

Airline Monarch has won an extension to its ATOL licence after securing "significant further investment", meaning its flights and package holidays will continue to operate as normal for the time being.

Social media has been rife with rumours about the airline Monarch's financial health. The company has strongly rebuffed speculation that it could end up going bust and insists it's "trading well", but we've still had questions about your rights and ATOL protection.

Ryanair tried to seat a three-year-old away from her horrified parents on a flight from Portugal to Liverpool. The budget airline is one of at least five that operates a 'family tax', where the only way to guarantee parents and their children are seated together is to pay for allocated seating.