The Sweedish holiday airline, Viking Airlines, announced on Friday it had «temporarily ceased operations» and job losses were «inevitable» but it was planning to «reorganise and restructure» over the next three months and has vowed to return to the UK market next summer.
The airline said no customers had been or would be left stranded, as all flights already sold would be covered by its Greek associate Viking Hellas Airlines.
Noel Josephides, managing director of Sunvil Holidays and former non- utive chairman of the airline, said: «The airline hasn’t ceased trading or anything like that. It will resume flying next summer.»
Viking Hellas launched a three-times-a-week scheduled flights from Manchester to Athens in February, which are now served by easyJet.
