Travel companies urged to offer cash refunds for cancellations amid Middle East conflict

Customers have the right to cancel their package holiday without paying a fee in the event of unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances - (Getty Images)

Holiday companies have been reminded to offer passengers cash refunds, rather than just vouchers, when flights are unavoidably cancelled.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), a body that regulates the UK’s aviation industry, has reiterated advice on cash refunds as some package holidays have been cancelled amid the conflict in the Middle East.