'We've given up' - Frustrated passengers make their own way home after being stranded in a Greek airport for two nights by delayed Tui flights:
Nicola Kelly and her boyfriend paid an extra £1,000 for new flights home to Northern IrelandA holidaymaker who was stranded in Rhodes for two nights after her flight was delayed has spent £1,000 with a different airline in order to get home.
A rescheduled flight for Thursday did not take off, with many passengers spending the night in the airport.also affected passengers who were left in Ibiza for more than 24 hours due to problems with that planeIn a new statement on Friday, the firm said: "We know that this is not how anyone wants to end their holiday and would once again like to apologise for the inconvenience caused.
"We just decided this morning that he couldn't risk losing a third. So that's why we've had to make the decision to pay for another flight. "The mental stress of this is really starting to take its toll. I'm incredibly lucky that I have an amazing, supportive partner.Dozens of holidaymakers from Northern Ireland waiting to the board the TUI flight spent a second sleepless night stuck in Rhodes.Michael Cochrane's daughter and other passengers slept in the airport on Thursday night
"It's pretty much ruined the holiday, We had a lovely time up until then but over the last few days we're so stressed now, we need to get back home."The family was supposed to fly back to Belfast International Airport at about 20:00 local time on Wednesday. "The communication has been awful. Even when we were speaking to different people we were getting different information," Mr Cochrane said.The family have now checked in for their second replacement flight and said they are hoping to depart for Belfast at about 19:30 local time on Friday.
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