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Nearly a thousand tourists, mostly British, were sheltered in emergency on Saturday evening in Savoie after the cancellation of their flights departing from Chambéry due to bad weather conditions, we learned on Sunday from the prefecture.

A total of 535 stranded holidaymakers were welcomed on Saturday evening at the Aix-les-Bains Convention Center and spent the night there after the Savoy prefecture launched its accommodation reception plan at 5:00 p.m. and requisitioned the accommodation. equipment of the municipality. The other 450 tourists affected by these cancellations were accommodated in hotels in the department.

Our volunteers are mobilized this evening to come to the aid of passengers stranded at @airportchambery airport and offer them a solution for the next few hours in conjunction with the airport teams and tour operators.

- Savoie Red Cross (@ CroixRouge73) January 4, 2020

In total, around twenty buses were chartered to transport them throughout the evening to Aix-les-Bains. City agents, municipal police and Red Cross volunteers were also mobilized to welcome and orient stranded tourists.

Fog causing cancellations

“Passengers will be able to take off today from the airports of Lyon, Grenoble and Geneva. Shuttles have been chartered to take charge of them this morning, ”the Savoie prefecture told AFP on Sunday.

Our teams are mobilized to assist, inform, house and supply the nearly 1,000 people who could not have a flight today at the airport because of the fog this morning, with our partners @ CroixRouge73 @aixlesbainsfr @ Prefet73 pic .twitter.com / ovzeRivN7D

- Chambery Airport (@airportchambery) January 4, 2020

A persistent fog, Saturday morning over the Chambéry region, is the origin of the cancellation of the seven flights which were to bring these vacationers home.

All of the flights scheduled to leave the airport on Saturday morning had been postponed. They had been rescheduled in the afternoon, but seven of them had to be canceled due to the cumulative delay.

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