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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Travel operators urged to refund UK holidaymakers who call off trips to Rhodes

Travellers sit on the floor of the airport
Holidaymakers wait to fly out of Rhodes airport on Sunday. Which? says Greek authorities ‘could probably do without more tourists arriving’. Photograph: Will Vassilopoulos/AFP/Getty Images

Travel firms and airlines are being urged to reimburse passengers who decide against flying to Rhodes as the Greek island is ravaged by wildfires, with a leading consumer group arguing it would be “unconscionable” to withhold refunds.

Which? travel editor Rory Boland called on carriers to be “flexible” if customers decide for themselves that they do not want to fly to Rhodes, at a time when there have been emergency evacuations of more than 19,000 people on the island.

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