The 25-year-old and his father arrived at the airport at 1.30am but delays and cancellations meant they didn’t board a flight until eight hours later
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A Liverpool fan from Anglesey was "devastated" after his flight to France for the Champions League final was cancelled. The cancellation left him in "limbo" at the airport for six hours.
Keenan Downey and his father Leslie arrived at Liverpool John Lennon Airport at 1.30 am on Saturday, May 28, hoping to catch a 4am flight to Paris. However, they were among scores of fans who faced lengthy delays after a flight cancellation.
Mr Downey, from Anglesey, says the flight was rescheduled to depart at 5.45am. However, it was then cancelled.
The 25-year-old says staff told him that there were no flights left at 3.30am, leaving him "stood around helpless". He was finally about to board a rescheduled flight at 9.40am.
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The pair booked the flights through World Choice Sports, which sells packages to sporting events, for about £1,300. Prior to boarding the plane, he said: "I'm not even confident that we will get out there at the moment.
"I have got the boarding pass in my hand but until we are sat in that seat and we are taking off I won't be confident that we'll get there. It is pretty crazy."
He added: "It is my first-ever final. My old man, he is fortunate, this will be his third. But this is my first and I am just devastated."
Calls to World Choice Sports are greeted by a recorded statement saying: "If your flight has been cancelled, please accept our apologies as it was due to matters out of our control. Please rest assured we will be refunding you in full in the next few days. Once again, we are sorry for any inconvenience caused."
A spokesperson for the company said: "We had an issue with two aircraft which were cancelled by the airline at the last minute. We worked all day and most of the evening yesterday and managed to secure enough seats across two airlines to carry most of our passengers.
"We had to cancel approximately 80 passengers and we booked a number of them at the airport on other carriers. Some also chose to have a refund as they did not have match tickets."
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