Some 2,000 lost bags still stranded at Vancouver airport, officials say | 24CA News
Flights are largely again on schedule on the Vancouver International Airport, however the facility continues to be recovering from the chaos introduced on by final month’s vacation snowstorm.
Amid the a whole lot of cancellations the week earlier than Christmas, hundreds of travellers discovered themselves delayed or rebooked — and plenty of had been separated from their baggage.
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As many as 2,000 of these baggage are nonetheless on the airport ready to be reunited with their homeowners, in accordance with airport officers.
Bryan Ottho was amongst these on the airport reclaiming their baggage on Monday.
He and companion Xuan Su final noticed their baggage after they checked them in in Berlin on Dec. 20, however had been then pressured to make an unplanned four-day keep in Calgary attributable to climate earlier than catching a standby flight to Vancouver.
“They said oh, we’ll make sure it’s on the flight … apparently they were loaded and then unloaded,” Ottho mentioned.
The duo had been pressured to purchase garments and necessities, and weren’t in a position to hand out Christmas presents on time, he mentioned.
“It’s not acceptable at all. I understand you can’t land at the airport, but I don’t understand how it backs up baggage for like a week — is there not enough spare capacity?” he mentioned.
“We had to buy extra things out of our own pocket and I think we will try to make a claim with Air Canada for clothes and things like that.”
The airport mentioned that since Dec. 28, it has reunited an estimated 1,500 baggage with their homeowners, whereas airways have returned about 2,000 extra.
YVR mentioned people who find themselves nonetheless lacking their baggage ought to contact their airways immediately, or come into the airport, the place workers can try to assist them in particular person.
It mentioned it expects absolutely untangling the mess might take a number of weeks.
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