Everton fans miss out on cup game

The fans were waiting for another aircraft

More than 150 Everton fans have missed their team's Uefa Cup tie in Romania on Thursday after the airline due to fly them went into receivership.

The supporters had been booked on to a flight with Jersey-based charter flight company Air Scandic to watch the Dinamo Bucharest match.

Travel operators ATP had arranged for an alternative jet to fly to Liverpool from Nottingham East Midlands Airport.

But the plane was impounded at the airport on Thursday.

Full refund

A spokesman for ATP apologised to the fans, who will get a full refund, saying it had worked round the clock to arrange an alternative flight with another carrier Viking Air which Air Scandic had leased a plane from.

"We have been told that the plane we hoped to fly to John Lennon Airport has been impounded at East Midlands Airport," he said.

An East Midlands Airport spokesman said it was holding an aircraft due to a commercial dispute with Air Scandic.

"We have been trying to contact Air Scandic but have had no reply," he said.

One fan received a fixed penalty notice from police after the news was broken to fans at the Liverpool airport.