"The bottom line is the airline was unable to secure landing and parking slots due to congestion," the travel agent's chairman, Con Horgan, said.Only a few flights are affected, but still. There are a few hundred fans who are nearly €2000 better off, but who are still hopping mad today.
It was mainly the flights organised for day trips that were affected due to the number of aircraft seeking to land at the airport at the same time.
The Greek aviation authorities failed to realise the numbers that would be travelling to the match in the 63,000-capacity Olympic Stadium in Athens, he said. "They had one year's notice so this should have been anticipated," Mr Horgan said.
I didn't see any mention of this in the British press this morning. Maybe flights from Britain aren't affected?
