Citywing passengers are facing disruption today after an incident yesterday.

Citywing’s Van Air-operated flight 502 took off from the Isle of Man destined for Belfast on yesterday morning but returned due to deteriorating weather conditions in Northern Ireland.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is investigating the incident and discussing it with Van Air.

The upshot of this is that all CityWing flights will be affected until this issue has been resolved.

CityWing says that they should take place within the next 24 to 48 hours.

David Buck, managing director of Citywing, said: ’Passenger safety has to be the first priority and all such incidents are rightly investigated as a matter of routine. We are working with the flight operator Van Air and relevant authorities to resolve the situation as soon as possible.’

Van Air has chartered in a Stansted based Titan Airways 737 to operate the following flights:

V9514 IOM-BELFAST STD1400 STA1430 to accommodate all Isle of Man to Belfast passengers for the day.

V9515 BELFAST-IOM STD1510 STA1540 to accommodate all Belfast to Isle of Man passengers for the day.

V9814 IOM-NEWCASTLE STD1620 STA1655 is going to accommodate all Isle of Man to Newcastle, Isle of Man to Glasgow and all Isle of Man to Blackpool passengers. Passengers for Glasgow and Blackpool will be transported to Newcastle for the flight.

Mr Buck said: ’We apologise in advance for the disruption this will cause to travel plans. We will do our best to keep passengers informed and would ask for your patience and understanding as we deal with this difficult situation at short notice.’

He added: ’Citywing will endeavour to contact all passengers but this may take time so we request your patience and understanding . If you have an urgent question please contact our Reservations on tel no: 0871 200 0440 who will be available between 9am and 5pm.’