Delayed passengers urged to seek compensation

Director of Consumer Affairs Carmel Foley has urged passengers affected by delays on Helios Airways flights from Cyprus to seek compensation under new EU legislation.

She says the affected passengers are entitled to claim compensation from both the airline and the aviation regulator.

The 350 Irish passengers who were stranded in Larnaca Airport in Cyprus have now arrived back in Dublin. They had been due to fly out of Larnaca on Sunday morning, but their two scheduled flights were cancelled.

Helios had grounded its entire fleet after one of its jets crashed in Greece, killing all 121 people on board.

The airline eventually chartered two jets to accommodate the delayed passengers, and they arrived back in Dublin just after midnight.