Cruise ship to collect stranded passengers
20.04.10
The UK launch celebrations for new cruise ship Celebrity Eclipse have been cancelled so that it can be used to rescue holidaymakers stranded in the airspace shutdown. Celebrity Cruises is to collect more than 2000 holidaymakers affected by the airport closures for UK tour operators.
The 2852 passenger ship is due to arrive in Southampton this morning and will depart this evening to Bilbao, where it is set to arrive in the early hours of Thursday. Stranded holidaymakers will embark the ship Thursday morning and it will return to Southampton late on Friday evening.
Eclipse will collect delayed holidaymakers – some by up to 7 days – who were on package holidays with major UK tour operators. The mercy mission comes as cruise ships, coaches and ferries are also being used by Thomson and First Choice parent TUI Travel to bring stranded holidaymakers home.
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