Stranded in the UK due to strikes and flight cancellations, a Neapolitan family tests patience and thrift.
three day family holiday and concert, harry styles, in London. But that hit and run has become a mini odyssey with a huge expenditure of energy and money. Neapolitan engineer Gianni explains it on Facebook. Stranded with family at London’s Gatwick airport: He was due to return on Sunday but is still in the UK.
He explains himself on social media:
EasyJet informed us that the flight was two hours late. When we reached the airport, we learned that it had been cancelled.
The ground staff informs us that there is a process to be done through their app wherein the cancellation is managed along with the booking of a new flight. The only problem: The first serviceable flight was for next Wednesday with a 6-hour stopover in Amsterdam and subsequent departure for Naples.
Mishap may happen. And so Giani finds a flight for today, Tuesday the 20th. But today is a black day for air transport as there is an international strike. Hence the flight is cancelled. And you can’t rebook. Not only that: all EasyJet flights to Naples are full as of Friday, as are hotels near the airport as more flights are canceled and many passengers in the same situation.
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Therefore, there is no point of return and for now the Neapolitan family estimates the cost of relocation and accommodation in an apartment in the city of Crawley: «At the moment, another 330 euros for one night in a hotel – Gianni ends bitterly Happens but irony – . And our underwear is over too…».