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French police turn back private jet of holidaymakers from UK
Party of 10 flew into Marseille-Provence airport to be taken by helicopter to luxury Cannes villa
A group of would-be holidaymakers who flew in a private jet from London to the Côte d’Azur in France has been turned back by police.
Seven men and three women arrived on the chartered aircraft to Marseille-Provence airport, where helicopters were waiting to fly them on to Cannes, where they had rented a luxury villa.
The men, aged 40-50, and women, aged 23-25, were refused permission to enter France and ordered by police to fly back to the UK.
“They were coming for a holiday in Cannes and three helicopters were waiting on the tarmac,” a border police spokesperson told Agence France-Presse. “We notified them they were not allowed to enter the national territory and they left four hours later.”
Once the Embraer Legacy jet had landed at Marseille-Provence, the group, made up of several nationalities including Croatian, German, French, Romanian and Ukrainian, reportedly tried to get help from contacts to continue their journey.
“They tried to make use of their connections and made a few phone calls,” the source said.
The helicopter pilots were told to return to their base and were fined for breaking the French lockdown rules.
The jet, chartered by a Croatian businessman reportedly in “finance and property”, arrived last Saturday, but details were only released on Thursday. French police said they would be carrying out strict checks on private aircraft arriving in France over the Easter period.
All non-essential travel inside France has been banned since 17 March and a recent tightening of the restrictions means anyone entering the country should hold an international travel certificate showing the journey is essential.
The authorities in France and Britain have made it clear that travelling to a second home in either country does not qualify as essential.
“Crossing borders needs a legitimate or urgent reason,” a police spokesperson said.
BFMTV reported that nine of the jet passengers returned to the UK and the 10th chartered a private jet to Berlin.
Party of 10 flew into Marseille-Provence airport to be taken by helicopter to luxury Cannes villa
A group of would-be holidaymakers who flew in a private jet from London to the Côte d’Azur in France has been turned back by police.
Seven men and three women arrived on the chartered aircraft to Marseille-Provence airport, where helicopters were waiting to fly them on to Cannes, where they had rented a luxury villa.
The men, aged 40-50, and women, aged 23-25, were refused permission to enter France and ordered by police to fly back to the UK.
“They were coming for a holiday in Cannes and three helicopters were waiting on the tarmac,” a border police spokesperson told Agence France-Presse. “We notified them they were not allowed to enter the national territory and they left four hours later.”
Once the Embraer Legacy jet had landed at Marseille-Provence, the group, made up of several nationalities including Croatian, German, French, Romanian and Ukrainian, reportedly tried to get help from contacts to continue their journey.
“They tried to make use of their connections and made a few phone calls,” the source said.
The helicopter pilots were told to return to their base and were fined for breaking the French lockdown rules.
The jet, chartered by a Croatian businessman reportedly in “finance and property”, arrived last Saturday, but details were only released on Thursday. French police said they would be carrying out strict checks on private aircraft arriving in France over the Easter period.
All non-essential travel inside France has been banned since 17 March and a recent tightening of the restrictions means anyone entering the country should hold an international travel certificate showing the journey is essential.
The authorities in France and Britain have made it clear that travelling to a second home in either country does not qualify as essential.
“Crossing borders needs a legitimate or urgent reason,” a police spokesperson said.
BFMTV reported that nine of the jet passengers returned to the UK and the 10th chartered a private jet to Berlin.
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the group, made up of several nationalities including Croatian, German, French, Romanian and Ukrainian,
Not really from the UK then, I see the Guardian couldn't resist though. |
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Doesn't stop angoose starting 'another fred'
god he must be single. |
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He's had to up his game since spotty returned blowing his own bugle.
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Where did the plane depart from and where did it return nine of the ten passengers ?
You really do need to learn to read the detail. |
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Name the flight number,,,,
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The inference in the headline was that they were Brits, the main copy then told the real story, why would they do that?
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Yahoo are also in on the conspiracy
 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-french-police-turn-back-rich-holidaymakers-133217114.html |
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anything anti british or anti government suits the guardian and their slavish followers on here
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you get tired of this politically led sh!te from the uk hating guardian
look near the end of the HEADLINE shrieking The jet, chartered by a Croatian businessman reportedly in “finance and property”, arrived last Saturday, but details were only released on Thursday. French police said they would be carrying out strict checks on private aircraft arriving in France over the Easter period. |
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goose bump is another confirmed uk hater
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Not angry, just noting your penchant for reproducing everything they print. Try thinking for yourself.
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anymore of your boresome copies and pastes from the guardian gooseygander??
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Keep up the propaganda Lord Haw-Haw.
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1I'd like to know if the 10th passenger arrived in Kurfürstenstraße safely?
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you thought you had one there didn't you, gander. but have fked up big time - again - got a nice paste you can cover your tracks with??
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Click bait fred, shameful stuff.
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back in your cave you reactionary freak!!!
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the guardian has apologised for its misleading headline - I got that from gooseygander direct
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click click clitty click click ho ho ho
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This goose has only one sauce.
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Can't believe you guys all snowflaked so super hard and demand patriotic correctness upon Angoose's sneaky lil thing.
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click bait germanic stuff again
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how come the blitzkreig is always hanging around like a bad smell?
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Sneak does come to mind, doesn't it
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he may be able to help with my question of 21:21 though?
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saddo you are not of the right odour - you do not fit in with the narrative
kindly slink back into your cave while us progressives dominate what is allowed and not allowed in the currant clibe eat |
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ker lime ate
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men in their 40's and 50's, girls in their 20@s Call girls probably.
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I don't see any 21:21 questions.
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 ffs i despair |
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SEXIST - thought I would get in quick there
oh and hang on RAYCYST |
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that was in regards tonDes's post; i expect a silly answer from the bot
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errrr excuse me but how does that deal with the social distancing
I have to pleasure mine from the other side of the room it is not easy |
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but there really isn't a 21:21 post.
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