Stranded holidaymakers forced to sleep on airport floors as tearful Brits battle nine-hour queues to get home

This passenger sleeps on the floor while waiting for answers at the airport in Palma de Majorca in Majorca

STRANDED holidaymakers have been forced to sleep on airport floors as thousands battle nine-hour queues following Thomas Cook's collapse.

Brits in Greece, Mexico and Spain are waiting to be rescued and repatriated back to the UK after the travel giant folded.

An exhausted passenger rests his head on the check-in desk at Son Sant Joan airport in Palma de Majorca

Britain's biggest ever peacetime repatriation to bring back a reported 156,000 holidaymakers is now continuing into its second day.

Codenamed Operation Matterhorn, the mission is attempting to bring back every single stranded Thomas Cook passenger to Britain.

Passengers left stranded at Punta Cana's international airport, in the Dominican Republic get comfortable on the cots they will sleeping on overnight

Passengers looked concerned while queuing up at the Thomas Cook check-in desk at Cancun International Airport - some complained they haven't been given any answers.

Kat P on Twitter wrote it there was "no information from anyone", describing the scene as "utter shambles".


Pals in Las Palmas Airport tearfully embraced as they waited for answers on when they will able to get home.

Other holidaymakers appeared frustrated and exhausted as the stood at the check-in desks.
In Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, stranded passengers slept on cots.

In Greece, a sea of passengers stood around as they waited for information on when they would be repatriated.

Ricky Houston, from Scotland, said his flight from Corfu to Newcastle had been delayed by nine hours.