2024-07-19 16:23:17
Disappointment at Orly airport
An employee of the ADP group provides information to passengers at terminal 3 of Orly airport, Friday July 19.
In concourse 3 of the Orly airport, which is full to overflowing, many families with small children are filling up. Sadness, the cries of children and the announcements of airport workers without megaphones filled everything. Huddled in front of the display screens, travelers try to understand whether they will be able to leave or not.
Dressed in red uniforms, airport staff are handing out fans and bottles of water to travelers, some of whom have been waiting since early morning. This is the case of Julia, who comes from Rouen, who should leave for Valence with the plane at 11 am. He left the house at 6 o’clock this morning, he is not there “Not even sure if I’ll have a flight tomorrow”. “I can go back, but if I go back, that means tomorrow morning I have to hit the road again,” he continued. I better stay here. » And to add, bitterly: “We don’t know where we’re going to sleep, we don’t have a plane, we’re left to our own devices, there’s no explanation. »
Many lament this lack of communication. Luna and Sarah are scheduled to fly to Berlin on a Transavia flight at 11 am. They had to wait until 12:30 pm to finally know that their flight was cancelled. “A dead body, a dead place, it’s a mess”they lamented, as they sought another way for their journey: “It’s a problem, the flights are for 1,000 euros, everything is full, we will try to see him in Roissy, but we won’t know until twenty minutes before if we can go. »
For those who don’t live far, the situation is annoying but manageable. But for others, like Lila, it’s a shock. An 18-year-old girl, who returned from Rome this morning, had a flight a few hours later to join her parents in Crete. There too, the flight was cancelled. The woman, who lives in Normandy, did not find herself booking a hotel this evening in a hurry: “It is not certain that it will be paid back. »
Airport and Transavia employees, for their part, have no information to communicate to passengers. They tried to explain to travelers that they also do not have access to the website and cannot check the availability of flights for the next day. “You can try to book on Easyjet for tomorrow, but in my opinion it is full”remove one of them, more tired by the demands of the thoughts.
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