Budget airline Primera Air has collapsed, warning passengers to go to the airport on Tuesday.
Primera operates flights from Stanstead to Spain and the US. Stansted said on Monday that passengers flying with the airline should not travel to the airport.
“Passengers due to travel with Primera Air are advised not to travel to the airport and instead contact the airline directly,” said a spokesperson from the airport.
After operating for 14 years, the Danish airline said that it was a “sad day” for staff and passengers but it had “no other choice than filing for bankruptcy”
The airline is not part of the Civil Aviation Authority’s ATOL Protection scheme, so only passengers that have booked through a package holiday will be covered.
“If you have booked flights or a holiday that includes flights with a travel firm that holds an ATOL (Air Travel Organiser’s Licence) and received confirmation that you are ATOL protected, the travel firm is responsible for your flight arrangements and must either make alternative flights for you so that your holiday can continue or provide a full refund. If you are abroad, it should make arrangements to bring you home at the end of your trip.”
The CAA said that passengers who booked flights in the future will also not be covered.
Airline analyst Alex Macheras said that Primera Air’s growth “simply wasn’t sustainable”.
“The general feeling in the industry was: this airline is travelling a bit too fast in terms of their expansion with a fleet of that size,” he said.
The airline offered flights to New York’s Newark airport, Boston, Washington DC and Toronto from Stansted starting at £149 each way.
Signs of trouble first came in August, when the group said that short-haul flights from Birmingham to seven European destinations would end in September.