Ryanair debarcle at Carcassonne
Posted: Sun 21 Jan 2018 22:54
No, it wasnt the baggage!
The plane for this afternoons Dublin flight from Carcassonne got diverted to Perpignan.
Then the plane for this evenings Stansted flight circled overhead for ages.
Meanwhile the Porto flight arrived, landed, discharged its passengers and boarded to go. So, the airport was clearly operational!
The plane for Stansted was still circling over Carcassonne, but then it flew off to Montpellier. We watched it go on another passengers 'phone.
About half an hour later it was announced that the Stansted flight was cancelled and that passengers could join one queue to book a hotel or a different queue to book any other Ryanair flight.
No information was given about availability and the airport wifi appeared to have crashed. Proably all 140'ish passengers trying to use it at once.
When trying to find more information about our options, I was told rather curtly, just to join one of the queues to get information. A night in a local Hotel or rebook any Ryanair flight was the only choices offered
Shortly after that, we were told that tomorrows flight from Toulouse was full, so we rebooked for Wednesdays flight from Carcassonne to Stansted.
Having no clothes or even a toothbrush between us,three nights in a hotel was not a favoured option, so we hired a car at an inflated rate (I think we got the last one) and returned to Collioure. (just arrived) We were told, but not officially, that we would not be compensated because our action was not based on an offer of support from Ryanair!!!!!
Has anyone heard what the #@*$ was going on? (Yes, I am angry)
The plane for this afternoons Dublin flight from Carcassonne got diverted to Perpignan.
Then the plane for this evenings Stansted flight circled overhead for ages.
Meanwhile the Porto flight arrived, landed, discharged its passengers and boarded to go. So, the airport was clearly operational!
The plane for Stansted was still circling over Carcassonne, but then it flew off to Montpellier. We watched it go on another passengers 'phone.
About half an hour later it was announced that the Stansted flight was cancelled and that passengers could join one queue to book a hotel or a different queue to book any other Ryanair flight.
No information was given about availability and the airport wifi appeared to have crashed. Proably all 140'ish passengers trying to use it at once.
When trying to find more information about our options, I was told rather curtly, just to join one of the queues to get information. A night in a local Hotel or rebook any Ryanair flight was the only choices offered
Shortly after that, we were told that tomorrows flight from Toulouse was full, so we rebooked for Wednesdays flight from Carcassonne to Stansted.
Having no clothes or even a toothbrush between us,three nights in a hotel was not a favoured option, so we hired a car at an inflated rate (I think we got the last one) and returned to Collioure. (just arrived) We were told, but not officially, that we would not be compensated because our action was not based on an offer of support from Ryanair!!!!!
Has anyone heard what the #@*$ was going on? (Yes, I am angry)