Zoom... boom ... bust

neil, frankfurt, Germany

NOOOO....Not that!!! Not flights between the US and North America!!!!

Oh wait, I'll just do the sensible thing and drive...

Oswald Cobblepot, Niagara NY , USA

Zoom passenegers only recourse to compensation is their credit card company. No travel insurance will cover cancelled flights due to airline bankruptcy and Zoom aren't members of IATA. We should question why the directors continued to trade - as they had several months of prepaid ticket sales!!!

Malcolm, London, England

"Hundreds of passengers stranded as flights by low-cost airline operating between US and North America are stopped"

Great Googly Moogly!! Now how am I ever going to get from Toronto to Buffalo...?

Jimmy C. Corn, Rhinelander WI, USA

And some of us who cannot afford to travel any other way will stay with cheap travel! I am sorry for those stranded ......if nothing else it is good advice to take travel insurance and check whether your credit card covers you for this in the future. Zoom was a decent airline, too bad they are gone.

Deborah, Toronto, Canada

Graham I agree with James. And many businesses will sell with slim margin depending on what they want to achieve! zoom could just not make a profit when oil prices are escalating all the time!!!! do you want a BA monopoly on all routes of the UK? I think not.

Rose, Stirling, UK

If they cant pay there bills why would Jim McGrory, 62, from St Andrews, expect compensation!

Chris, London, UK

How are the organisers going to fill the Olympic Stadium in 2012 if, as is now being illustrated, cheap flights and their operators will then be non-existent?

I hope the Olympic Committee are considering these very serious issues. To my mind, it's a financial disaster waiting to happen.

Shirley Bowen, Blackpool, UK

To try and run an airline on borrowed money is a dangerous business enterprise, especially in a crowded market. It's really a fashion selling thing.

David Vinter,, Louth, Lincs,, UK.

IF any of these people booked through an ATOL bonded Agency they would have been protected and put on another flight, one benefit of booking through an Agency and not saving 2p by booking on the airlines website.

Stu, London, UK

The best thing for the economy, the airline industry and the environment is for the fares to re-establish themselves at a level reflective of the real costs of operations. A few more should go to the wall including those whose pathetic management is underwired by government. Like every US carrier is

Steve, Stansted, UK

Graham,

Did you read the article? Zoom were unable to recover their costs because of an unprecedented rise in oil prices. Not because they offered fares at a loss. What do you expect them to do - retrospectively increase fares when customers have already booked and paid?!

James Carlson, Bournemouth,

Phew !! We returned home to Cardiff on a Zoom flight today.
We were held up at Belfast as some airport officials boarded the plane for talks with the pilot and crew.We had originally planned to travel back from Vancouver on 9/11 but had changed our plans a couple of weeks ago for personal reasons.

Ray W, Malvern, UK

The airlines need to charge fares that actually cover their costs and allow the business to be viable. All these crazy, cheap flights are not sustainable in the long run. What other business sells its products at a loss?
Passengers have to realise that the era of super cheap air travel is over.

Graham Stevens, London, UK