Grant’s flight did return to New Haven on New Year’s Day. You’d get emails or texts, but you weren’t getting someone that was there making personal announcements,” Grant said. “The only person who was working the jetway was actually from Air Canada,” Horenstein said. “And after all of that, we’re like we don’t want to go back in the air,” Nariyani said.īecause Avelo does not operate out of Bradley or Atlantic City (ATL), the passengers said there was no one there to help them once they got off the plane. So by the time the plane landed at Bradley the following evening, he and the other passengers just wanted to get home.īut he said Avelo wanted to try going back to Tweed once the fog cleared. He said he ended up staying an extra night in Tampa because his flight back was delayed. Nariyani had a similar experience a few days later. The major problem is the lack of communication and nobody to help,” Horenstein said. Heavy fog in New Haven prevented the flight from landing there as scheduled. While Grant rang in the new year in New Jersey, NBC Connecticut confirmed with the airline that five other Avelo flights diverted to Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks on New Year’s Eve.Īrlene Horenstein, of Simsbury, was on one of those planes. “New Year’s Eve, Atlantic City, where are you going to get a hotel room for 200 bucks?” he said. Grant said Avelo Airlines told passengers they’d be reimbursed for food, transportation and hotel costs up to $200. CT school districts receive funding to hire mental health specialists
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