Some developments in the ongoing FlyGlobespan saga with the administrator asking for under-pressure technology provider to place the £34 million it allegedly owed the airline in a special account.



PricewaterhouseCoopers says discussions between it and the credit card processing firm have taken place but “progress has been limited”.



EClear is being urged to place the disputed £34 million owed to the collapsed airline in a joint account immediately.

The collapse of FlyGlobespan and the subsequent focus on credit card processing systems run by companies such as EClear has thrown up all manner of questions.



Administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers has singled out EClear as a key third party in the whole sorry saga of the airline’s financial failure amid accusations that the technology owes its around £34 million.



The issue has gained extra attention when Scottish first minister Alex Salmond waded in late yesterday with a call for a full investigation.

Dark clouds are forming around the relationship between the collapsed FlyGlobespan airline business in Scotland and its travel technology partner EClear.



In a statement, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the administrator appointed to handle the financial affairs following FlyGlobespan’s demise on Wednesday 16 December, says it is “shifting much of their focus” to the business activities of the company.



EClear is a UK-based credit card system technology firm which worked with FlyGlobespan to process customer payments, but has now found itself at the centre of growing concern that the airline was owed substantial monies by a number of third parties.