Couple wait on lost luggage

A WOMAN travelling home from Singapore for Christmas who had her luggage containing presents for all her family lost says she is still waiting for her baggage to show up.

Claire McDonald, 36, and her husband, Colin, 37, flew from Singapore on December 18 into Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris to catch a connecting flight home to Edinburgh.

But because of the snow, the Air France flight was cancelled and the couple had to be put up in a hotel overnight.

After a few delays and cancellations the next day, the couple were eventually on their way to Edinburgh, but when they landed there was no sign of their luggage.

The McDonalds had to buy new clothes and cases and have a mad dash around the shops to buy loved ones gifts in time for Christmas Day.

Now, more than two weeks later, the senior destination consultant still does not know when her case will be delivered.

A spokesman for Air France said that he could not comment on specific cases but added: "We carry more than 100,000 luggage items per day and 99 per cent of the time it is delivered without a problem."