School holiday Bali flight cancelled just hours before take-off

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'We work hard to go on these holidays and it's just heartless.' 9News

Their school-holiday escape to Bali was cancelled just hours before take-off.The Summer family should be watching a Kuta Beach sunset tonight. Instead, they're unpacking after their flight was cancelled at the last minute.

"It's been a long time coming — and that's probably what's made it even more worse," Lucy Summers said."We work hard to go on these holidays and it's just heartless."It told 186 Perth travellers their flight was cancelled due to "operational reasons". That same message was sent to 162 Western Australians in Bali, who had been supposed to fly home at 10.50am.Lucy and Paul Summers own a small business, and their children are upset their hard-working parents now won't get a break.On Friday, 50 Jetstar passengers bound for Melbourne were turned away at the gate after a mechanical issue forced their flight to first be cancelled, then downsized.With flights and accommodation, the family of four is now thousands of dollars out of pocket.

But the July school holidays is an extremely busy period, and the next available direct flight from Perth to Bali isn't until July 12, the second week of school holidays.

 

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