Nittedølen was going on the annual family trip to Spain to play golf on Thursday.
He had pre-paid NOK 3,000 to the golf course, and had washed and packed the golf clubs when he received word that Flyr was bankrupt.
– I had booked myself on a golf trip. That’s some real shit, then. It will be a very additional cost, says Paulsen to NRK.
Usually he buys plane tickets on a credit card, but this time he paid the NOK 2,900 the ticket cost with a regular debit card. Thus, the money is probably lost.
Instead, he has to fork out an additional NOK 6-7,000 for a ticket with Lufthansa.
– There is not much we can do about it. Had we not got off, we would also have lost the money we have prepaid for the golf course, says Paulsen.
Bad information
Paulsen does not hide that he is very dissatisfied with the situation.
– I am quite pissed off, really.
He believes the information from the airline has been bad. On the company’s Facebook pages, customers were asked to call customer service.
– I didn’t call, but wrote an angry post on Facebook, says Paulsen.
– What do you expect now?
– Me hope i can get some money back somehow. I can survive losing three thousand kroner, but it’s annoying. There will be unnecessary stress and hassle, and additional costs, says Paulsen
Norwegian will take over stranded passengers
Nina Reistad was supposed to fly with Flyr home from Malaga, but had to switch to Norwegian.
Nina Reistad was supposed to fly with Flyr home from Malaga, but had to switch to Norwegian.
Nina Reistad is on holiday in Malaga in Spain and had a return ticket with Flyr in a few days.
– Now I heard that they are bankrupt and it was really boring. I have secured a ticket with Norwegian the day after I was supposed to leave, so I will get home, Reistad tells NRK, who hopes to get the money back from the credit card company.
– It is very boring to lose Flyr. I had hoped that someone would step in and save them, she says.
Tonight, competitor Norwegian announces that they will sell cheaper tickets to Flyr’s customers so they can get home.
– They receive a separate refusal. This applies to those who are stranded outside and who are going home in the next few weeks, says Norwegian’s communications director Esben Tuman to NTB.
