 Ryanair and easyJet are so far continuing to send passengers to the island despite the fires, prompting criticism from customers. A spokeswoman for easyJet said it was doing 'all it can' to help customers in Rhodes and invited those due to travel to or from the island until Saturday to change the date for free. Tui was flying passengers until late Saturday, but has now suspended all flights till Tuesday, while Jet2 Holidays has cancelled its trips until Sunday. Helen Tonks, a mother of six from Cheshire, said she was flown into a 'living nightmare' by Tui at 11pm on Saturday and found her hotel had been closed. She said she and her family were 'abandoned' and forced to sleep with hundreds of others on a school floor. Tourists at Rhodes airport line up at the check-in cou){kind=link}
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The first repatriation flights set to rescue British holidaymakers stranded on fire-ravaged Rhodes are arriving today.
EasyJet is sending two rescue flights to the Greek island with a total of 421 seats on Monday, and a third on Tuesday, in addition to its scheduled flights.
Jet2 has three repatriation flights leaving the island this evening, flying 598 additional customers to Manchester, Leeds Bradford and Birmingham.
It comes after authorities began evacuating huge numbers of people off the island of Corfu – another popular destination for British tourists – after fires spread there yesterday.