Holidaymakers have been left stranded in Tenerife after their flight home to the north-east was delayed overnight.
The TOM1323 flight from Tenerife South Airport to Aberdeen International Airport was scheduled to take off at 8.50pm on Wednesday evening.
The Tui operated flight was expected to land at 1.30am.
However, airline officials have confirmed the flight has been rescheduled until tomorrow.
Staff over legal working limit
The cause of the delay is is said to be that staff are over their legal working limit.
The crew scheduled to operate the flight, first flew to Faro before landing in Tenerife.
A return flight would have left staff working over the legal working hours.
Members of the Tui destination team are in the process of securing accommodation for all stranded passengers as they work to secure a new departure time.
Confirmation of the new flight time is expected later this evening.
Another incident in a list of complaints
There have been several examples of Tui flights struggling to meet deadlines in recent months.
- In September, passengers were forced to wait 10 hours at Tenerife airport only for the Tui Aberdeen flight to be cancelled after boarding.
- A diabetic man was also refused a bottle of water after Tui left him “stranded” in Edinburgh without a way back to Aberdeen.
- In late August, a pensioner took matters into his own hands and paid £400 for a taxi to Aberdeen after he was “dumped” in Edinburgh.
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