MP calls for Air Scotland investigation

David Marshall, MP for Glasgow East, has called for an investigation into Air Scotland after extreme delays on their network last weekend.

An Air Scotland flight from Glasgow to Malaga, due to take off on Sunday April 30, was disrupted when the airline suffered a "major technical problem" with its own aircraft. Passengers were taken by bus to Manchester, but a replacement jet did not appear. The flight eventually took off nearly 35 hours after the scheduled departure time.

Air Scotland received criticism for only giving out food vouchers worth £8 and for the fact they took two days to apologise and accept responsibility. Now, David Marshall has called for an official investigation into Air Scotland's conduct, saying that the airline had "ruined hundreds of people's holidays".

Airline says sorry to passengers

Air Scotland has apologised to passengers whose flights were subject to lengthy delays over the weekend.

A dispute between the low-cost airline and its fuel supplier forced the airline to ground its planes, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at airports across Europe.

Many faced waits of up to 18 hours as the airline worked to find a resolution to the dispute.

The delays, coupled with a lack of information provided by the airline, saw tempers fray, with armed police called to Palma airport in Majorca, Spain in order to calm angry passengers.

"We apologise unreservedly to passengers," an Air Scotland spokesperson said.

At present, all flights are subject to delays of around eight hours.