Stranded Zoom passengers going home

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Hundreds of travellers are attempting to make their way home after the collapse of low-fare airline Zoom.

The UK and Canada-based firm has grounded all flights as it prepares to go into administration.

Zoom, which operated from five UK airports, blamed its financial difficulties on a massive jump in fuel bills as a result of the high cost of oil.

Passengers on both sides of the Atlantic face claiming hundreds on their travel insurance after booking alternative flights home.

Zoom's cash crisis became apparent on Wednesday follow the grounding of a Zoom flight from Paris at Calgary airport in Canada.

Glasgow airport was instructed by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority to detain a Halifax-bound flight over the non-payment of charges.

Passengers also began queueing for a later flight to Vancouver which never left the ground. Travellers were told of the company's collapse as they continued to wait into the evening.

Zoom, founded by Scottish brothers John and Hugh Boyle, said it had attempted to secure a re-financing package that would have kept its aircraft flying.

But the owners issued an apology to both travellers and its 600 staff after failing to strike a deal.

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