Is STA Travel owned by Flight Centre?

Flight Centre own “Student Flights”, a similarly named, yet different entity. STA Travel is owned by Zürich-based corporation Diethelm Keller Holding Ltd..

Is STA Travel bust?

We are sorry to inform you that STA Travel Limited trading as Bridge the World Travel ceased trading on 21 August 2020. STA Travel Limited traded from 50 locations around the UK. The majority of holidays sold by STA Travel Limited were flight-based package holidays and these were protected by the CAA’s ATOL scheme.

When did STA Travel into administration?

The STA Travel group was privately owned by a Swiss family which put the holding company into administration on August 20.

Who is the parent company of STA Travel?

Travel Holding AG group
Founded in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton in the 1970s, STA Travel once had 70 retail shops in Australia alone. It had more recently shrunk to 35 local stores and was acquired by the Swiss-based STA privately-held Travel Holding AG group to be part of a global business, with headquarters in Zurich and London.

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How to contact the head office of STA Travel?

Contact STA Travel head office by phoning the contact number above for the STA Travel Group. It will tell you how to contact customer services if you are trying to reach them instead of the head office. If you are trying to contact STA Travel head office, then hold the line and an operator will answer when one is available.

When did STA Travel come to the UK?

These are the key questions and answers. What was the background? STA was launched in Australia in 1971. Five years later it capitalised on the collapse of the dominant British student travel enterprise, NUS Travel, to establish a foothold in the UK.

What kind of flights are covered by STA Travel?

Most STA sales were package holidays: typically a flight plus some accommodation and one or more adventure tours. Those are covered by the Atol scheme, administered by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

Are there any forward bookings with STA Travel?

There are relative few customers with forward bookings, because STA Travel has sold virtually nothing since March. Most future trips, such as they are, will be the result of customers postponing journeys rather than demanding a refund. My trip booked with STA was cancelled due to Covid-19.