Flight home from Zante to Birmingham delayed by 33.5 hours, 2 flights cancelled, home on 3rd

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- Our flight was due to leave Zante at 12.40 on Sunday, we spent the day at the airport and were told in the evening that the crew were out of hours and as the flight did not have a crew it couldn't take off. Rep told us that Jet2 already knew this was happening and we should have been told the evening before to prevent people spending a day at the airport for no reason.
- Shipped to a hotel overnight and told we would fly the following evening, then another update saying they would pick us up at 5.30am for an 8.15am flight.
Few hours sleep and back off to the airport on Monday morning. Flight delayed but we finally boarded, then told there was no hot food, no hot drinks and no cold drinks. Sat on the plane for 3 hours, given a warm bottle of water (after a passenger complained). Captain then said we had missed our slot by 30 seconds and were waiting for another flight time, then there was a problem with one of the engines, captain eventually asked us to disembark due to the excessive heat and passengers starting to feel ill.
- Taken to another hotel and left there with no information until the evening when we were picked up and taken back to Zante airport to finally board a flight at 10.30pm, arrived back in the UK just after midnight (UK time).
So in our case we had not one but two flights 'delayed', in reality they were both cancelled. Flight delay time 33.5 hours, travel time door to door 43.5 hours with a few hours sleep in a hotel. I don't know where to start with compensation but I am assuming that as they did finally get us home we can only claim £350 for such a massive delay. I presume we cant also claim for a refund for the tickets. We've both had to take two days annual leave but we're not self employed so I'm guessing we cant do anything about that either. In fairness to Jet2 they did take us to a hotel and they did feed us, the reps were apologetic and looked exhausted themselves. Any advice on where to start with a claim and what to ask for would be greatly appreciated. We have kept a couple of receipts from the airport and also need to claim for extra car parking charges from Birmingham
- Shipped to a hotel overnight and told we would fly the following evening, then another update saying they would pick us up at 5.30am for an 8.15am flight.
Few hours sleep and back off to the airport on Monday morning. Flight delayed but we finally boarded, then told there was no hot food, no hot drinks and no cold drinks. Sat on the plane for 3 hours, given a warm bottle of water (after a passenger complained). Captain then said we had missed our slot by 30 seconds and were waiting for another flight time, then there was a problem with one of the engines, captain eventually asked us to disembark due to the excessive heat and passengers starting to feel ill.
- Taken to another hotel and left there with no information until the evening when we were picked up and taken back to Zante airport to finally board a flight at 10.30pm, arrived back in the UK just after midnight (UK time).
So in our case we had not one but two flights 'delayed', in reality they were both cancelled. Flight delay time 33.5 hours, travel time door to door 43.5 hours with a few hours sleep in a hotel. I don't know where to start with compensation but I am assuming that as they did finally get us home we can only claim £350 for such a massive delay. I presume we cant also claim for a refund for the tickets. We've both had to take two days annual leave but we're not self employed so I'm guessing we cant do anything about that either. In fairness to Jet2 they did take us to a hotel and they did feed us, the reps were apologetic and looked exhausted themselves. Any advice on where to start with a claim and what to ask for would be greatly appreciated. We have kept a couple of receipts from the airport and also need to claim for extra car parking charges from Birmingham
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Additionally You may be entitled to claim the set amount of compensation ( per person ) for both of the cancelled flights - however it does depend on the reason for the cancellation and if it was the airline that was responsible.
I would imagine this is one of those situations where a many different factors conspired against you (and Jet2). For the crew to go out of hours for your original return then the outbound BHX-ZTH must have been delayed, because a return BHX-ZTH-BHX is well within legal crew hour limits. Could have been ATC delays on the outbound, late arrival of the aircraft from an earlier flight etc.
Likewise with the second flight, initial problem was an ATC delay, but then subsequently a tech problem. The regulations state airlines don’t have to pay if it’s extraordinary circumstances outside of their control. ATC delays are outside an airlines control, tech problems and crew hours are within. It can become quite tricky to unpick it though when there’s many factors contributing to a delay, and the regulation gives no guidance.
Even if compensation isn't due, the airline still has a duty of care to provide meals during a delay, and accommodation/transportation if delayed overnight, but it's not clear why they'd be on the hook for 'taxis etc', in the situation where you'd booked a point-to-point flight ahead of an unrelated (as far as the airline's concerned) cruise, or was that funded by the agent?
P.S. It's not generally good form to jump into someone else's thread with a question about a different situation, but since this one hasn't been used for more than six months, I don't suppose anyone will mind!