Party on Sunwing Airlines flight ends with a fine of 59,500$!
During school times when there were field trips, I remember that one of the most fun times was when there was chaos [...]
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In the school periods when there were the outings I remember one of the funniest moments was when they were doing chaos in the coach wheeling us around, to the detriment of the poor driver....
We once made a miniparty in the plane that was taking us back to Italy after the trip to Tunisia, definitely a much more sober of what a group of 37 people organized aboard a flight of Sunwing.
In the video posted on social media, young people can be seen intent on drinking alcohol, smoking and put music between the plane seats, as well as using the intercom as a megaphone to feed the crowd.
A little bit excessive okay, but actually it shouldn't be illegal, you often see organized parties right into planes by private travel companies that plan themed trips. The problem is that unfortunately the pandemic is not over yet and the boys have been fined overall 59.500$ for not complying with the anti-counterfeiting standards.
Let's see some video extrapolated from Instagram stories:
They have been 42 the fines issued by the ministry of transport, to be precise 24 For violating the rules anti-Covid, how not to have worn the masks during the flight and having created assemblage; while 18 penalties were issued for noncompliance with the requirements of vaccination.
The total to be paid for this fest amounts to nearly 60.000$, an average of more than 1.400$ per head, a rather expensive disco!
The facts go back to December, the flight was a charter from Montreal, Canada to Cancun, Mexico, and the videos were posted on Instagram as a story, then reported by various news outlets.
Sunwing Airlines has deleted the flight of return of the whole group, about 130 people, after the videos went viral and Air Canada along with Air Transat have refused to sell return tickets To the wild group.
"Some behaviors reported in connection with the December 30, 2021 flight are unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
This is why Transport Canada took immediate action. Aviation rules must be followed by all, for the sake of everyone's safety. Transport Canada will continue to investigate and issue all necessary sanctions."
Omar Alghabra, Canadian transport minister in a press release
Therefore, further sanctions in the weeks to come, among the stars of the high-altitude party were influencer and Canadian reality TV characters.
For his part, however, "the party organizer" on Sunwing's plane, one James William Awad, threatened to take legal action against the airline:
"Airlines left passengers without knowing if they could afford another night in a hotel, without knowing if they could afford food the next day, with no option to return to Canada.
Right now we are working to take legal action against Sunwing.
I do not regret organizing the event because we all had a good time, my intentions were not for this to happen, I would like to apologize for the people who did not follow the rules."
The events happened when still Omicron was a threat to public health and therefore the measures are to be contextualize to the period.
In short, an adventure that has certainly caused much discussion. What do you think? Reaction exaggerated or they did well to fine them? Let us know in the comments!
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