Football supporters upset after Ryanair axe East Midlands – Madrid flights
07.09.08
Liverpool fans are seeing red after their cheap flights from East Midlands Airport to Madrid were cancelled, the Echo reports. Supporters bought trips to Spain for the game against Athletic Madrid on October 22, moments after the Champions League draw was announced, with some bagging flights between £1 - £15 while the airline ran a series of special offers.
However, Ryanair has cancelled all flights from East Midlands to Madrid this winter, so the fans will have to book flights to Madrid with prices now over £100. A spokeswoman insisted the changes were part of the airline’s winter review and flights on the route were set to end on October 1.
The budget airline denied the cancellations were an attempt to charge higher prices. As is its normal practice, it is refunding the cost of the cheap flights, and has refused to re-route disappointed customers. Watchdog The Air Transport Users Council (AUC) criticised Ryanair for ‘poor practice’, but conceded they were operating legally the newspaper adds.
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