Easyjet to the rescue for passengers

LOW-COST airline Easyjet stepped in yesterday to help British passengers stranded by the collapse of budget airline EUjet.

But around 500 Irish passengers, who had taken EUjet flights from Shannon and Dublin, were left to make their own arrangements.

The firm, along with fellow budget carrier Monarch Scheduled, offered special deals to fly British passengers whose flights home were cancelled after EUjet, which was based in Shannon and Kent in England, collapsed on Tuesday.