Monarch crisis: Groom fearful for wedding after airline collapse

A British bride and groom are facing a race against time to attend their own wedding after their flight was cancelled five minutes before they were due to board. Alan Jee, 42, said their week has been plunged into chaos after flights for 30 of his friends and family - including fiancé Donna Smith - were also affected. He said multiple calls to find replacement transport has proved fruitless, and he is now facing the prospect of sleeping at Gatwick Airport until it is sorted - or even missing Saturday's nuptials altogether. The brick layer from near Bournemouth in Dorset told the Press Association: "We went past passport control, then five minutes before we were due to go on the plane they just put an (announcement) out saying everything's been cancelled, and if we want to get flights anywhere else we have to pay for them ourselves. "My missus just burst straight into tears, and my mother-in-law, and my mum. "They (Monarch) are doing absolutely nothing about it whatsoever, they've palmed us off. "No-one's told us anything about it, we've tried speaking to Monarch but they've gone into liquidation. They can't get any more flights, and we can't get a hotel out here til this is sorted." Mr Jee is due to wed 43-year-old Miss Smith, a food store manager also from Bournemouth, in Gran Canaria, surrounded by nearly 70 friends and family from the UK. But having spent almost £20,000 on the wedding, including return flights at £120 each, he said he is now braced to spend even more cash to find new flights.