▁a ▁time ▁of ▁scarc ity . ▁Some ▁costs ▁were ▁covered ▁by ▁compens ation ▁from ▁air lines ▁and ▁travel ▁ins urance , ▁although ▁there ▁were ▁many ▁disput es ▁over ▁pay ments . ▁Some ▁people ▁in cur red ▁large ▁tax ic ab ▁far es ▁over ▁long ▁distances , ▁such ▁as ▁English ▁actor ▁John ▁Cle ese , ▁who ▁took ▁a ▁tax i ▁from ▁Os lo ▁to ▁Br uss els ▁and ▁paid ▁€ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁the ▁journey . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 8 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁UK ▁Government ▁minister s ▁announced ▁a ▁plan ▁for ▁fl ights ▁to ▁land ▁and ▁take ▁off ▁in ▁Spain , ▁and ▁to ▁transport ▁passengers ▁by ▁sea ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁On ▁ 1 9 ▁April , ▁the ▁cabinet ▁crisis ▁response ▁committee ▁( CO B RA ) ▁decided ▁that ▁Royal ▁Navy ▁ships ▁should ▁be ▁util ised ▁to ▁rep atri ate ▁str and ed ▁British ▁trav ellers , ▁in ▁Operation ▁C unning ham . ▁HMS ▁Ark ▁Royal , ▁HMS ▁Ocean , ▁and ▁HMS ▁Alb ion ▁were ▁deployed , ▁but ▁only ▁Alb ion ▁was ▁directly ▁involved ▁in ▁rep atri ation . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁dis ruption ▁in ▁trans at l antic ▁flight , ▁the ▁C un ard ▁Line ▁said ▁its ▁volume ▁of ▁calls ▁inqu iring ▁about ▁book ing ▁passage ▁on ▁its ▁ocean ▁l iner ▁R MS ▁Queen ▁Mary ▁ 2 ▁by ▁str and ed ▁air ▁passengers ▁wish ing ▁to ▁cross ▁by ▁ship ▁had ▁triple d ▁since ▁the ▁week end ▁of ▁ 1 6 ▁April . ▁