Lapland travel operator accused of living in Disneyland

A TRAVEL operator was accused of living in Disneyland if he believed the state’s aviation regulator would let him fly hundreds of children and their parents to Lapland to meet Santa Claus this month.

The charge was made yesterday by RTÉ’s Liveline presenter Joe Duffy after the commissioner for aviation regulation, Cathal Guiomard, said it was unlikely that Dublin-based United Travel would be issued with a new tour operator’s licence.

United Travel, which is prohibited from trading, has received more than 1,000 bookings for its annual package holiday to Lapland, but customers have been left in limbo.