Airline 'caused holiday misery'.

A BUDGET airline were yesterday accused of causing holiday misery for passengers after their flights were hit by long delays.

Flyglobespan left Scottish tourists stranded in Palma, Majorca, for eight hours on Sunday, then told them the aircraft was needed on another route.

And a similar problem yesterday meant that passengers due back from Lanzarote were told their flight would not land in Glasgow until 4pm - 12 hours late.

At the same time, tourists on the company's Malaga and Palma routes were told they could also face delays.

One passenger said: "On Sunday, the Glasgow to Palma flight was delayed for eight hours and the reason given was an operational decision.

"This seemed to be down to the fact that the Palma aircraft was sent to Malaga to pick up passengers there, leaving the Palma passengers stranded.

"The same scenario happened yesterday.

"A flight due in Glasgow from Lanzarote at 4am was not expected to land until 12 hours later.

"The Malaga flight was also delayed, with the possibility that the Palma flight would be too.

"When are they going to get their act together and stop causing misery to their passengers?"

A month ago, Flyglobespan customers on both sides of the Atlantic faced a 38-hour delay.

Passengers in Florida and Glasgow were left grounded after their plane developed a technical problem.

Despite the delays, the firm are still attracting customers.

Earlier this year, they reported that passenger numbers were up 34 per cent to 1.81million.