Kiss Flights was a charter, seat only

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which ceased trading on 17 August 2010. Kiss Flights was a

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for Flight Options Ltd, based in

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. The company sold flights to

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(mainland and Canary Islands),

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and

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History

Originally trading under the name of, it was sold to Flight Options Ltd in January 2009 following the collapse of XL Leisure Group. It was founded by Michael Smith and Paul Moss, who had previously worked at failed tour operator XL Airways which also went into

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in September 2008. Some of their flights were operated by the

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airline Viking Airlines. The company was registered with

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(No.4233) through its parent company, Flight Options Ltd. The parent company was set up in 1995 and has bought a number of other companies. The website was originally only for travel agents, although it later became possible for the general public to directly book online. The company was licensed to sell 168,700 seats until March 2011 using ATOL protection.

Cessation of operations

On 17 August 2010 Flight Options Ltd announced that it would cease trading at 17:00 BST. This led to initial uncertainty for up to 70,000 holidaymakers, with 13,000 of those abroad. It is the third British travel company to fold during the summer of 2010. Firstly Goldtrail collapsed on 17 July 2010, then Sun4U on 13 August 2010. Due to the timing at the height of the summer season the CAA even guaranteed outbound flights for the first 24 hours after the collapse.

External links

Kiss Flights Website

Avia Scanner Website

References

Travel and holiday companies of the United Kingdom British companies disestablished in 2010 Defunct transport companies of the United Kingdom {{Aviation-org-stub