A holidaymaker whose return flight from Cyprus to Bristol was cancelled due to bad weather earlier this month has slammed easyJet after it “abandoned” passengers and left him stranded on the island for a week. Stewart Scott claimed he was left over £600 out of pocket after paying for extra accommodation, meals, transfers, airport parking and alternate flights after limited flight options meant he was unable to travel back to the UK for a week.
Mr Scott, who lives in Somerset, was due to fly from Paphos to Bristol on the evening of March 8, but said that due to weather conditions in the UK, the departure kept getting pushed back until around 10.30pm, when it was abruptly cancelled. Mr Scott claimed that by the time the announcement was made, there were no representatives from easyJet at the airport, and said that the remaining terminal staff told him: “It’s nothing to do with us; you have to leave the airport.”
Mr Scott said: “I can understand the weather, but it’s the simple fact that at half-past-ten at night they literally said, ‘your flight’s been cancelled go to gate six at Paphos airport, collect your luggage'. And bearing in mind the time, there was no help getting transport to hotels, no help to change to another flight.
