An Edinburgh couple were left horrified and out of pocket after Ryanair and SwissPort failed to deliver their luggage for their dream Italy wedding.
Norrie and Shona Lewis, both 56, tied the knot on May 31 2022 but there was a dark shadow cast over their special day.
Ryanair and SwissPort had somehow failed to put their luggage - along with the luggage of 40 other passengers - on a flight to Bergamo from Edinburgh airport on May 28.
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This left the couple scrambling to secure outfits for their wedding ceremony - putting them severely out of pocket as well as without clothes for their honeymoon in Sicily.
Norrie, who works as a black cab driver in Edinburgh, said that there is no reason why their suitcases could not have been brought to Bergamo for the wedding and that he is demanding answers from both companies.
On their ordeal, he said: “We flew with Ryanair which was delayed for two hours. The communication about which gate to go to was non-existent, and it was not even on the departure board.
“When the gate was then changed there was no announcement or communication to us.
“We were supposed to leave at 5pm but left after 8pm to Bergamo.
“Both my wife and I lost our luggage - it was a disaster when we got to Italy.”
When the couple arrived in Bergamo they were met with confusion from the airport staff in Italy.
Norrie added: “The staff at the airport in Bergamo had no idea that over 40 people were without their luggage.
“They told us that the plane was empty when we asked where our luggage was and said that they were going home.
“This was after we had waited at the airport for over an hour. We missed out connected due to being three hours late and had to fork out for a taxi to our accommodation.
“The impact this had on our planned wedding was catastrophic. Neither of us had our outfits for the wedding or clothes for our honeymoon.
“The extra expense added to our trip was extortionate with us having to buy new clothes and pay for trips back and forth to the airport to try to find out what was going on - not to mention the taxi due to missing our connection.”
The newlyweds are now on their honeymoon in Sicily with costs rising with each passing day they have been left without their luggage.
Norrie said: “We have no idea how much we will be out of pocket by the end of our honeymoon.”
The cabbie says that he has contacts within the airport and was informed that the luggage could have been sent out the following day but procedure had apparently stopped SwissPort’s attempts.
He continued: “At this point our suitcase still hasn’t arrived and we are now on our honeymoon.
“I’m still scratching my head as to how they were not able to send out our case to us.
“They found it on Sunday but apparently procedures stopped them from sending it out.
“I have it on good authority that SwissPort handling wanted to send it out to us when they found out what was in the case but were stopped for some reason.
“It’s basically left us on our honeymoon drastically out of pocket and having to buy clothes.
“I’m absolutely disgusted with how we’ve been treated.
“You don’t get to go over your wedding day again abroad.
“We want the people responsible held to account and will be looking to be fully reimbursed.”
SwissPort and Ryanair have been contacted for comment on the issue.
Contact Jacob.Farr@reachplc.com if you have experienced any issues with your flights or luggage leaving from Edinburgh airport.
