Doggies fans grounded at Melbourne Airport
As high winds reduce Sydney Airport operations to just one runway, flights have been cancelled and delayed, causing chaos and panic among Doggies supporters who have been grounded in Melbourne.
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Scores of passionate Bulldogs fans trying to make it to Sydney to cheer on their team in the elimination final against the GWS Giants have been grounded at Melbourne Airport.
With high winds reducing Sydney Airport operations to just one runway, flights have been cancelled and delayed throughout the day causing chaos and panic among Doggies supporters.
Bulldogs legend and football director Chris Grant told Triple M he only just made it to Sydney in time.
But other fans have not been so lucky, taking to social media to vent their frustration.
“Qantas, any chance you can stop delaying flights ... we are trying to get to the footy!!!” one fan tweeted shortly after at 3pm, while another tweeted: “Gotta get from the airport in Sydney to the hotel for check in, then back our to footy yet, if I’m not air born (sic) soon I’m in bigggggg trouble.”
Sources at Melbourne Airport told the Sunday Herald Sun “a lot of fans” were shattered to learn their flights had been cancelled or delayed, and they could struggle to make it to the game in time.
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It’s understood some media outlets decided to abandon their plans to travel to Sydney for the Western Bulldogs versus Greater Western Sydney game altogether.
However, Qantas said all passengers booked on its delayed or cancelled flights had been accommodated with seats on later flights, and all would likely make it into Sydney at some point today.
A spokesman for Sydney Airport said 50 domestic flights had been cancelled over the course of the day, while others had been delayed for up to three hours, because of the high winds.
It was expected more flights would be cancelled and delayed into the evening, he said.
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