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Thursday, April 30, 2015

everything went well until the text on the way to the airport

Despite the sadness that caused our visit to the US we have had a very happy trip. I will write more about that another day.

It has been a lovely New England Spring day in Boston. We left my niece and her family at 4.00 to be sure of ample time for returning the car and getting booked in. En route to the airport I received a text that our flight to Paris would be delayed from  20.45 to 00.35! If there is one thing to drive The Man around the bend it is to have to wait for just about anything for even 5 minutes. Instead of arriving at Manchester Airport at 13.30 we
Will now arrive at 21.30!!!

The staff claim the delay is caused by technical problems in Paris. However, i don't believe them. I believe the flight was cancelled because they didn't have enough passengers  to come close to filling the huge Airbus 380 originally scheduled  to fly. Saying it is technical means they don't have to fork out compensation.

Ho-hum! And Logan Airport  only offers 45 minutes of complementary wifi so I better publish while I still  can!

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  1. DJan30 April, 2015 13:32

    When I flew to Amsterdam in February, my flight was delayed by an hour, but we actually arrived on time because of the jet stream. Nobody missed any of their connections because of that. I'll bet that wasn't the same with your flight. Hope you made it home all right and I'm sorry for whatever it was that brought you over here.

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    1. The Broad30 April, 2015 16:54

      That also happened to us when we flew to Amsterdam on our way to the States!

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  2. Donna30 April, 2015 15:45

    I'm at work and could have spent the day just reading your blog!
    Enjoyable reading...
    I'm SO sorry about your Mom and Brother! SO sad...
    ((HUG))

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    1. The Broad30 April, 2015 16:55

      Donna, thank you so much for your kind words...

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  3. Perpetua30 April, 2015 16:06

    Oh rats, what a nuisance! Cynical me also guesses that technical reasons may not have been a strictly accurate explanation for cancellation. Hope you got home safely and not too tired.

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    1. The Broad30 April, 2015 17:00

      Now in Paris just lounging around watching planes land and take off -- Still 3 hours to go before boarding -- have been here 4 1/2 hours already ... We will arrive at 9.30 p.m. Instead of 1.30 ...

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  4. GaynorB30 April, 2015 17:54

    Commiserations! Definitely something you can do without at the end of the holiday, especially as getting on after midnight they will want to feed you before you settle for the night.
    Safe travels.

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    1. The Broad12 May, 2015 07:56

      They did, indeed! But I never can 'settle' for the night on a plane. The Man, however, slept for hours...

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  5. Joanne Noragon30 April, 2015 19:01

    "My Life in an Airport" by The Broad A Broad. Don't be kind to Airbus, either.

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  6. Jean30 April, 2015 20:09

    The way airlines mess with passengers' plans and commitments is unforgiveable.
    They forget how stressful and expensive air travel is and although they pretend they care, they don't.
    The very first time I travelled alone by airplane the flight was cancelled both ways! I swore I would never fly BA again, and I haven't.

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    1. The Broad12 May, 2015 08:02

      Jean, that sounds awful! I can't prove it, but I do suspect that a lot of times the airlines can't fill a scheduled flight and so they cancel it due to 'technical' difficulties and then move the passengers to fill in other flights.

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  7. Jenny Woolf30 April, 2015 22:51

    Hope you are back by now and it is all a memory!

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    1. The Broad12 May, 2015 08:03

      By the time we got back home it was May 1st!

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  8. Stephen Hayes01 May, 2015 00:25

    Delays are becoming so much more common. I usually encounter some sort of delay when I travel these days.

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    1. The Broad12 May, 2015 08:06

      Sadly, Stephen, delays seem to be inevitable! My best flights the past few years for being on time have been with Ryan Air -- surprise, surprise! (One of Europe's budget airlines and one of the most successful. But they have been very controversial.)

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  9. ladybird01 May, 2015 10:43

    Hi Kathie. Hope the delay won't be as bad as it sounds. Like 'The Man' I don't like waiting ... so I fully understand your concern. Hope this won't happen to me when I fly to Corfu next month. Take care and Good luck!

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    1. The Broad12 May, 2015 08:07

      As I look out my window at the chilly windy day, I envy you that trip to Corfu!! Brrrrrr!

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  10. Vera01 May, 2015 17:11

    Glad I don't fly, and hope everything went smoothly for you.

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    1. The Broad12 May, 2015 08:08

      All's Well, That Ends Well ... as they say!

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  11. rahmi fadhli05 May, 2015 07:16

    Saya dari indonesia.. salam kenal yah.. semoga sukses.:)

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  12. Rachel05 May, 2015 19:11

    Hi Broad, I guess you're back now.

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  13. rosaria williams07 May, 2015 00:24

    Hope your trip back was uneventful after all that delay. I hate long flights; but long flights with major delays send me screaming to a bar!

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    1. The Broad12 May, 2015 08:10

      Rosaria, I can't imagine you screaming to a bar!!! But, I'd have loved to join you there!

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