Extra flights organised from Corsica for travellers stuck due to bad weather
Flights and ferries were cancelled on Sunday because of high winds
Despite cancellations everyone should make it home thanks to additional flights
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The port of Bastia was closed and flights to Corsica were cancelled on Sunday, December 22 due to violent winds.
Météo France issued an orange weather alert for strong winds in Corsica following a storm which formed on the coast of Italy. It meant airlines and ferry lines were forced to cancel their services.
The alert has been lifted as of today Monday, December 23 and travel to the island restarted.
Air Corsica has announced that there will be three extra flights from Corsica today to make up for the cancelled flights on Sunday, meaning that every traveller should be able to make it home.
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Flights from Figari to Marseille, Ajaccio to Nice and Bastia to Nice have been added to the usual flight routes. Flights from Nice to Corsica have already departed safely this morning.
Air Corsica stated: “For safety reasons, when the wind picked up (yesterday), we had to cancel (services) even though our crews are very experienced. We had already experienced very difficult weather conditions on Friday but in the end we managed to complete all the changes. On Sunday the winds were much more violent.”
Ferry companies Corsica Ferries and Corsica Linea announced that their routes will resume today.
