An Aegean airlines aircraft will transfer to Thessaloniki the 201 passengers of a RyanAir flight from London that did not land at Macedonia International Airport on Friday evening due to the adverse weather conditions and landed at Timisoara airport in Romania, ANA reports.
The Aegean aircraft left from Athens at 12:30 on Saturday for Timisoara Airport and is scheduled to take off from Romania at 15:00 (Athens time) with destination the airport of Thessaloniki.
The flight is carried out following Transport and Infrastructures Minister intervention Christos Spirtzis for the safe return of the passengers to Thessaloniki.
“The elementary human behaviour and the need of the citizens can’t be sacrificed at the altar of completion and profiteering of the low cost airlines and low social responsibility” noted Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis referring to the incident involving Ryanair’s London-Thessaloniki flight on Friday that due to the extreme weather conditions prevailing at Macedonian International Airport landed at the airport of Timisoara in Romania.
The minister ordered the responsible authorities to launch an investigation into the circumstances of the incident and if the provided procedures have been followed.
Ryanair in an statement on Saturday apologised over the deviation of the flight from London to Thessaloniki on January 4 that landed at Timisoara airport due to the adverse weather conditions that prevailed at Macedonia Airport of Thessaloniki.
In an announcement the low cost airline pointed out that “The aircraft landed normally at Timisoara and our clients either were transferred by bus to Thessaloniki or they waited for an alternative flight. Those who chose to take advantage of the bus transfer were offered overnight stay at a Timisoara hotel. Ryanair offers its sincere apology for the deviation of this flight which was completely out of our control”
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