![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/family-stranded-in-egypt-6k-out-of-pocket-as-easyjet-cancels-flight-5-minutes-before/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Screenshot-2023-09-01-at-111618JPG.jpg&description=Lee and Emma have been forced to fork out a whopping £6,000 to keep them and their children "off the streets" in their holiday resort after their flight to Manchester Airport was cancelled A family-of-six found themselves stranded in Egypt after their easyJet flight home was abruptly cancelled when the UK suffered an air traffic control meltdown. Lee and Emma claimed they were forced to shell out a staggering £6,000 to avoid being left "on the streets" at their holiday resort. They had embarked on a trip to Hurghada, Egypt with their four children, aged 15, 14, 12 and eight, on August 12. As they waited for a taxi to take them to the airport on Monday, they discovered that their return flight to Manchester Airport had been delayed until the next day. The situation worsened when the family learned that their flight home had been cancelled entirely, leaving them stranded in a foreign country on what was Emma's 40th birthday. They claim easyJet only informed them of the cancellation five minutes before their original flight time via email, and have criticised the airline's communication since. In an interview with Grimsby Live, the couple said: "We were due to leave our resort at 6.30pm on August 28 to get our flight at 9.30pm, and at 6pm we received a message from a family friend to say there was a massive issue with air traffic control in England. So we checked our flight status and it told us that it was delayed until 9am the following morning." Lee and Emma, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, were forced to cancel their taxi to the airport, choosing instead to avoid spending the night at the chaotic airport with their four children. From the comfort of their hotel, the couple kept a vigilant eye on their flight status. They watched in disbelief as the new flight time fluctuated from 9am to 7am, before finally settling at an inconvenient 1am. Lee recounted the frantic moments, saying: "I rang the taxi back to say, 'actually I need a taxi again', but five minutes before the){kind=link}
Lee and Emma have been forced to fork out a whopping £6,000 to keep them and their children “off the streets” in their holiday resort after their flight to Manchester Airport was cancelled
A family-of-six found themselves stranded in Egypt after their easyJet flight home was abruptly cancelled when the UK suffered an air traffic control meltdown.
Lee and Emma claimed they were forced to shell out a staggering £6,000 to avoid being left “on the streets” at their holiday resort. They had embarked on a trip to Hurghada, Egypt with their four children, aged 15, 14, 12 and eight, on August 12. As they waited for a taxi to take them to the airport on Monday, they discovered that their return flight to Manchester Airport had been delayed until the next day.
The situation worsened when the family learned that their flight home had been cancelled entirely, leaving them stranded in a foreign country on what was Emma’s 40th birthday. They claim easyJet only informed them of the cancellation five minutes before their original flight time via email, and have criticised the airline’s communication since.
In an interview with Grimsby Live, the couple said: “We were due to leave our resort at 6.30pm on August 28 to get our flight at 9.30pm, and at 6pm we received a message from a family friend to say there was a massive issue with air traffic control in England. So we checked our flight status and it told us that it was delayed until 9am the following morning.”