An easyJet flight planned to take passengers from Manchester to Antalya is cancelled, and a later replacement does not reach Antalya as expected. Passengers report they are kept waiting for hours and eventually find themselves roughly 1,200 miles away from their destination after the replacement flight is diverted.
According to reports, passengers are told to leave the runway shortly before departure on the original service. One outlet says the replacement flight is diverted to Milan due to crew duty-time limits, leaving travellers displaced and continuing their journey only after further arrangements. Another outlet describes the outcome in terms of the distance from Antalya and the length of the disruption, but both accounts focus on the cancellation and the diversion of the replacement flight rather than changes made during the aircraft’s onward route.
The reports do not describe injuries or any technical fault with the aircraft itself, but they underline operational and scheduling factors affecting departure from Manchester and the flight’s ability to complete the Antalya service.
