Mayhem as passengers left stranded at Palma Airport after Jet2 flight to Manchester cancelled

Two women have been left stranded in Palma after their flight back to Manchester was cancelled – leaving them without food or water for 11 hours.

Nyomi Loftus and Megan Sainsbury were due to fly home from Palma Airport on Saturday (June 18). The pair arrived early for their Jet2 flight at 11.25pm but were soon hit with delays – eventually being given an update at 3.50am.

The friends claim there had been a mix-up with the baggage which led to Jet2 “missing their slot to fly”. Nyomi, from Sale, says 70 bottles of water were then shared around 380 passengers before arrangements for hotels were made.

“The worst part was that they called out the names of 30/40 passengers and told them to go to a special spot so we could go to an adult-only hotel,” the 36-year-old said. “We had to pay for the hotel; families with babies were lying on the floor. The hotel ended up being a family hotel anyway – they could have gone.

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“We were told there was a mix-up with the baggage and they had miscounted. They had to unload it off one plane before moving it and then they lost the slot to fly as the staff needed a rest. No one could get any detail from anyone.”

Nyomi and Megan were forced to pay for a taxi to their hotel 40 minutes away from the airport, costing them €65. The pair hope to fly back to Manchester at 11.35pm on Sunday (June 19) - but fear the flight may not go ahead as planned.

“There was a little girl sat near us in the airport who was being sick because she was crying so much,” Nyomi continued. People were just walking around trying to find out what was going on. It was left it absolute uproar – it was a bit of a disaster.

“We are