{"id":142401,"date":"2023-10-03T14:17:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=142401"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:17:51","slug":"dragons-den-star-touker-suleyman-launches-furious-rant-against-easyjet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/celebrities\/dragons-den-star-touker-suleyman-launches-furious-rant-against-easyjet\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragons Den star Touker Suleyman launches furious rant against easyJet"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is the moment businessman Touker Suleyman launched a furious rant at an easyJet worker after his flight was delayed by four days.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Dragons Den\u00a0star, 70, was trying to travel back to London after spending some time in Izmir, Turkey, for a Pet Fair.<\/span><\/p>\n Suleyman got into the heated conversation with the staff member on behalf of fellow passengers in the airport yesterday.<\/p>\n In a clip posted on Instagram by another passenger, he can be heard saying:\u00a0‘Make that decision, be a man. You either be a man or you can be a coward, what are you?’<\/p>\n The millionaire then said: ‘Let’s get them on the phone. What’s their number?’ Although it is unclear who\u00a0Suleyman was referring to.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dragons Den star Touker Suleyman, 70, launched a furious rant against easyJet on Monday after his flight was delayed by four days<\/p>\n Suleyman was seen having a heated conversation with an easyJet worker in a video he shared on Instagram, which was filmed by another passenger<\/p>\n ‘On my return, which was scheduled to be at 9 pm, we were informed it would be late, supposed to arrive in Gatwick at 11 pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘We were then informed that a crew member was not well, and that 20 passengers had to be left behind. After an hour of people getting frustrated, I stepped in.<\/p>\n Suleyman claimed that easyJet offered 400 Euros for their troubles but the businessman was not impressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n He continued: ‘Easy Jet was offering 400 Euros as compensation, bearing in mind the next flight was 4 days time, I went across to the easyJet employee, he looked very official, and I said that 400 euros was insufficient people to be left behind, and perhaps he should increase the offer to 1,000 euros where passengers were willing to accept.<\/p>\n ‘I said if you have no authority, then call London, which he did and compensation was increased to 500 Euros, by now families were on there feet approaching over 2 hours, and I demanded that all families with children should board, people who had special difficulties and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘EasyJet finally allowed them to board. Unfortunately easyJet informed passengers unless people volunteered to stay behind they would choose compulsory 20 passengers and they would get 250 euros.\u00a0<\/p>\n Suleyman continued: ‘Easy Jet are not trained or equipment to deal with these things, definitely not compassionate!\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I did my best to stand up for the passengers. The flight Finally arrived around 3 am in morning. easyJet Board should contact every passenger on Flight from Izmir to London, and do the right thing and compensate every passenger 1000 euros for this saga. #toukertime<\/p>\n He ended the rant by saying: ‘Any easyJet officials got the guts to contact me, I am welcome to get into a dialogue with them. Perhaps the CEO?’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The successful businessman was trying to travel back to London after spending some time in Izmir, Turkey for a Pet Fair<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 2015, Touker was asked to join the investors’ panel on Dragons’ Den and he has been a fixture on the show ever since<\/p>\n Suleyman is best known for being a multi-millionaire businessman and successful fashion investor.<\/p>\n In 2015, he was asked to join the investors’ panel on Dragons’ Den and he has been a fixture on the show ever since.<\/p>\n The 2015 Sunday Times Rich List estimated that he has a fortune in excess of \u00a3200million.\u00a0Suleyman has two children but is not married.\u00a0<\/p>\n MailOnline have contacted easyJet for a comment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\nREAD MORE:\u00a0The Dragons’ Den Rich List: Which of the 19 entrepreneurs has the biggest fortune… and how do they compare to BBC show’s newest star Gary Neville?\u00a0<\/h3>\n