The Russian gang from Thor Heyerdal’s high school in Larvik had been looking forward to celebrating the start of the Russian era in the Spanish holiday town for a long time. Departure was planned for February 21. But on Tuesday evening came the news that Flyr is filing for bankruptcy. – There were 14 of us who were going to travel, he says, adding that the plane ticket came to a total of NOK 24,000. The consolation for Mads and the rest of the gang is that if you pay by card – either debit card or credit card – you have the right to have the ticket price refunded from the card issuer. And in this case, the trip was paid for by debit card. Mads Hansen says they are working on finding another destination. Photo: Private – Party we must try to get The money they got through charity work. They also received some income from a concert they arranged. – It’s hard for everyone. We go to school and only work a little on the side. So even if it is only about NOK 2,000 each, it is still a lot, he says to news. The 19-year-old says that they chose Flyr because they had cheap youth tickets. He nevertheless says that the Russian gang was not aware of Flyr’s financial problems before they ordered the tickets. – It has seemed like a very attractive airline, seen from the outside, says Hansen, who says that they have not completely given up on traveling. – Now we have been looking at other possibilities throughout the evening. We have considered Denmark and Gdnask, which is a slightly cheaper alternative – or simply stay at home. We must try to have a party, of course. – Quite pissed Espen Prestø Paulsen was supposed to fly to Malaga with Flyr on Thursday, but then the company went bankrupt. – I’m pretty pissed off now. 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 news. 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 the fact that he is very dissatisfied with the situation. – I’m quite pissed off, actually. 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? – I 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 fuss, and extra costs, says Paulsen Norwegian and SAS will take over stranded passengers Nina Reistad was supposed to fly home with Flyr 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 news, 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, competitors Norwegian and SAS are announcing 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. – Over many decades, SAS has assisted in getting Scandinavians home in various crises, and we see it as our social mission to help this time as well. It is a regrettable situation that has arisen for Flyr, and we want to do our part to get the stranded passengers home, says Tonje Sund, press manager at SAS in Norway to NTB. CORRECTION: In an earlier version of the article, it was stated that the money is probably lost if the plane ticket is bought with a debit card. This is wrong. Both debit and credit cards give the right to get money back from the card companies.
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When Flyr went bankrupt, the Spain holiday became more expensive – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
