A travel agent who boasted he’d secured the last planes to Seville was left red-faced after football fans told how they jetted into the wrong airport.
The £950 return flights from Glasgow to Seville for the Europa Cup Final were not quite as Celtic fan and travel boss Conor Campbell, 23, had promised.
One of the flights had had been switched to Prestwick and both planes arrived in Jerez, 40 miles and an hour’s drive away. Fans had to scramble to get to Seville before the kick-off and then had to fork out for taxis to take them back after the match.Twelve people didn’t make it back in time and had to fork out for other flights.One Rangers fan said: ”From start to finish it was a joke.”Another supporter, businessman Alex Coles, said: “After the game it was a mad rush to get out of the stadium and find a taxi.
After an hour of hunting for one we did find a driver willing to take us to Jerez, but it would be 370 euros. We simply had to pay this.”Supporter William Fletcher said:“Conor Campbell did not provide the service he advertised.”Others said they were considering legal action to get refunds for the extra expense.Yesterday Campbell, from Airdrie, who runs his own travel firm called Conor Campbell Travel, issued a public apology and said he had been let down at the last minute by the charter company.He promised to reimburse every traveller for any extra costs.Campbell, who previously spoke about being a Celtic fan organising the trip for Rangers supporters, said: “We secured two aircraft and received confirmation that these flights will be flying into Seville late on Sunday 15th."We then were left in limbo, as were other travel companies, as we were awaiting confirmed flight times to share with our customers.“On
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