Travelers stand by after an unexpectedly cancelled flight to Cambodia, yesterday. Cambodia's Tonlesap Airlines leases the aircraft from Taipei-based Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT). In an official statement on Tuesday, FAT said it suspended the flight because Tonlesap Airlines failed to pay for fuel worth more than NT$3 million.(CNA)
Updated Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The China Post
TAIPEI--Taipei-based Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) yesterday grounded the aircraft it leases to Cambodia's Tonlesap Airlines, catching over 200 travelers by surprise.
The aircraft was scheduled to fly 138 passengers from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Siem Reap — the gateway to Angkor Wat — Tuesday morning and return to Taiwan in the afternoon with 109 passengers, according to the Tourism Bureau.
The sudden flight cancellation angered travelers who had gathered at the Taoyuan airport for the 10:25 a.m. flight to Cambodia.
The bureau said it would do everything it could to assist the travel agencies organizing the tours in making alternative arrangements.
According to two of the travel agencies affected, Lion Travel Co.and the China Times Travel Service, Tonlesap Airlines told them it would deploy another airplane to transport the travelers later in the day.
In a statement released earlier yesterday, FAT said it was forced to suspend the Taiwan-Siem Reap flight because the Cambodian carrier failed to meet a Feb. 20 deadline to repay the more than NT$3 million owed to FAT for fuel.
2 comments:
nothing new, the same story happened also in the Western World "so called Europe" from time to time.
With such many air-ports to select from there is a pretty good possibility you can find an flight near your home.
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