Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
If somebody lives in Rhodes Town or wants to self-connect in Rhodes onto a small island nearby or is on some sort of flight-only ticket... it seems rather unreasonable if an airline is refusing passage while the flight still operates
As far as I can tell, the area covering the airport and further north including Rhodes Town seems open
Some flying to Rhodes in July are NOT on a 1-week package. Reality is usually more nuanced than the headlines suggest
They aren’t ‘refusing passage’, they have made a decision to cancel the outbound flights for customers booked this week as it is simply not possible to transport the passengers to hotels/resorts that may not even be safe to visit. They are therefore using the schedules to repatriate customers who have been affected. How would it be in any way a responsible decision to continue to run these schedules with the information they have to hand?
If there are any passengers who have booked a seat only ticket then they will invariably be dealt with on an individual basis, but I doubt there will be many (if any) seat only passengers and the company will have had this information to hand prior to making this decision.