Behnam Mehrabli was looking forward to his four-day stay in London, England for some time — he reserved his hotel room in advance, paid his Air Transat flight and bought tickets for a rock concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Behnam Mehrabli was waiting in line yet again Sunday afternoon after a weekend of Air Transat flight delays from Montreal to London lasted some 43 hours. The 241 London-bound customers checked in their luggage again and, as they waited, an employee told them the flight had been delayed by four more hours. Flights delayed due to mechanical issuesAlong with those delayed en route to London, there were 231 passengers headed to Spain and 238 headed to Portugal. All three Europe-bound flights were delayed by mechanical issues on three different aircraft, said Air Transat spokesperson Debbie Cabana.

Source: CBC News September 16, 2018 19:41 UTC