While thousands of Quebeckers frustrated and desperate to get their passports line up in front of Service Canada offices, those who manage to get their papers are not at the end of their trouble.
Tuesday evening, the vast majority of departures from Montreal-Trudeau airport were delayed. Almost all planes that were to take off between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. saw their departure time pushed back by around two hours, on average.
Only a handful of aircraft were able to leave at the scheduled time.
Air Canada, WestJet, Porter, Air Transat; all companies are affected by these delays which force thousands of travelers to wait at the airport, in the hope that their flight will not be postponed again.
According to what TVA Nouvelles has learned, it is a problem in the baggage management system that is at fault. Teams were busy Tuesday evening to restore the situation as soon as possible.
A TVA Nouvelles journalist who was due to fly on Tuesday evening, Audrey Folliot, had to queue for two hours to check in her suitcase, which was then placed in a pile of luggage.
Reference-www.journaldemontreal.com