Dragons Den star Touker Suleyman launches furious rant against easyJet after his flight is delayed by four days
Dragons Den star Touker Suleyman launches angry tirade against easyJet after his flight is delayed by four days
Dragons Den star Touker Suleyman launched an angry tirade against easyJet on Monday after his flight was delayed by four days.
The successful businessman, 70, was attempting to travel back to London after spending some time in Izmir, Turkey for a pet fair.
Touker had a heated conversation with an easyJet employee in a video he shared on Instagram, which was filmed by another passenger.
Standing at his gate at the airport, Touker asked the worker, “Make that decision, be a man. Either you are a man, or you can be a coward, what are you?’
He then explained in the caption, “For those of you wondering what happened above. I had been to a pet fair in Izmir, unfortunately very few planes fly direct, easyJet is one of them.
Angry: Dragons Den star Touker Suleyman, 70, launched an angry tirade against easyJet on Monday after his flight was delayed by four days
Rant: Touker had a heated conversation with an easyJet employee in a video he shared on Instagram that was filmed by another passenger
‘On my return, which was scheduled for 9pm, we were told it would be late, suppose I arrived at Gatwick at 11pm. We were then told that a crew member was not doing well and that twenty passengers had to be left behind. After an hour of people getting frustrated, I stepped in.
‘easyJet offered 400 euros as compensation, taking into account that the next flight was in 4 days, I went to the eastJet employee, he looked very official, and I said that 400 euros was not enough people to support and perhaps he should increase the offer to 1000 euros if passengers were willing to accept it.
“I said if you don’t have authority you should call London, which he did and the compensation was increased to 500 euros, families had been on their feet for almost two hours now, and I demanded that all families with children get on board , people who had done that. special difficulties and more.
‘easyJet finally let them on board. Unfortunately, easyJet informed passengers that unless people voluntarily stayed behind, they would be required to choose 20 passengers and receive €250.
Touker continued, “Easy Jet is not trained or equipped to deal with these things, and certainly not compassionately!
‘I did my best to stand up for the passengers. The flight finally arrived around 3am. easyJet Board should contact every passenger on the flight from Izmir to London and do the right thing and compensate each passenger 1000 euros for this story. #toukertime
He ended his tirade by saying: ‘Any easyJet officials have the audacity to contact me, I am welcome to engage with them. Maybe the CEO?’
Travel: The successful businessman attempted to travel back to London after spending some time in Izmir, Turkey for a pet fair
Career: In 2015, Touker was asked to join the Dragons’ Den investor panel and has been a regular on the show ever since
Touker is best known as a multi-millionaire, businessman and successful fashion investor.
In 2015, Touker was asked to join the Dragons’ Den investor panel and has been a regular on the show ever since.
The 2015 Sunday Times Rich List estimated that Touker has a fortune of more than £200 million.
Touker has two children, but is not married.