“Nobody informs about anything.” Poles got stuck at the airport in Corfu

Violent weather phenomena have more than once thwarted the plans of tourists returning from holidays. On Saturday, the storm grounded air connections from the Greek island of Corfu. Due to heavy rainfall, the streets turned into rushing rivers. Several villages in the north of the country were deprived of electricity.

Poles got stuck in Greece

On Sunday, Poles were to return to the country, who for several hours waited in uncertainty for information about the outlet.

“It was supposed to be a flight at the thirteenth, but he was canceled. Nowhere on the boards there is information about the next ones, no one informs about anything. Women are crying, people are close to breakdown and do not know what to do next. No one from the office is interested in the fate of tourists” – said one of the Polish women in an interview with RMF24. Tourists were on vacation with the GRECOS office.

The vice president of the travel agency Janusz Śmigielski in an interview with Radio announced that the weather thwarted the plans of all carriers serving flights from this island on Sunday. On Saturday, all office aircraft were redirected to other cities, Athens and prevents.

He assured that the office did everything in his power to coordinate the communication of airlines with clients. “With this type of phenomena, we depend on the decisions of the airlines and flight control. At the moment from the four aircraft that we had on Corfu (on Saturday – ed.), Three have already made their flights with passengers,” he said. He added that “The fourth plane is currently in the air and returns to the country.”

A busy airport in Corfu

The airport in Corfu is one of the most busy terminals of the Ionian archipelago. He serves several daily thousands of arrivals at the top of the high tourist seasonwhich lasts from Easter to Mediterranean autumn. It is worth going to them with the right supply of time before departure.