Ryanair flies British couple to the wrong country after ‘unbelievable’ airport mistake

Andrew Gore was looking forward to a treat on his 47th birthday: flying with his wife Victoria and 10 other people for a week’s holiday on Spain’s Costa Brava. But after an extraordinary mix-up at Bristol airport, the couple from Mountain Ash in South Wales were put on the wrong Ryanair plane – away from their family and friends. Despite having boarding passes showing their destination as Barcelona, they were flown to Kaunus in Lithuania. To reach their intended destination, they then had to endure a 150-mile Uber ride across an international frontier to Riga in Latvia, and a 1,400-mile flight to Spain. Read more: Watch more on Independent TV: The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking newsbrand, providing global news, commentary and analysis for the independently-minded. Subscribe: