The Ryanair flight to Thessaloniki in Greece left London’s Stansted Airport on Friday evening for what was supposed to be a three-hour flight. However, poor weather conditions in Greece resulted in cabin crew diverting the flight and ruining the hopes of those on board looking to enjoy a late night-drink or meal in the northern Greek city.

Rather than diverting the flight’s 200 passengers to Athens or airports in neighboring Albania and Macedonia, the aircraft instead flew north, crossing over Bulgaria to the Romanian city of Timisoara.

Already substantially delayed, passengers were enraged when the airline offered to bus them to Thessaloniki – a journey of over 770km that would take over eight hours to complete.

At least 89 people refused the offer, and instead had to wait in the airport overnight. They later boarded an Aegean Airlines flight organized by the Greek government, eventually arriving in Thessaloniki a little after 5pm on Saturday, nearly a full 24 hours after setting off.

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The incident prompted a wave of outrage on social media, with many speculating that Ryanair’s decision to divert all the way to Timisoara was a cost-saving measure, as the budget airline uses the airport as a base of operations.