Over 1,000 Liverpool fans will not make it to the final in Kiev as flights get cancelled

You’ll never walk alone” the anthem says, but 1,000 Liverpool fans won’t fly to walk with them on Saturday.

Three planeloads of Liverpool fans due to fly to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, where the final match of the UEFA Champions League is being staged on Saturday night will not make it after the flights were cancelled in view of what Kiev airport says; it does not have enough landing slots.

Liverpool say the problem arose as a result of a dispute between the travel company and the aviation authorities in Kiev over the size of the aircraft.

World Choice Sports, which organised the trips, said on its website: “With deep regret, we have had to cancel three flights to Kiev.

“Due to so many flights going into Kiev, Kiev Borispyl has [been] unable to allocate times for aircraft.

“We have worked extremely hard over the last 48 hours trying to resolve these issues. We have had Liverpool Football Club, police, UEFA and everyone at the highest levels of authority trying to resolve this.

“We have exhausted all avenues to try and get landing slots. We have had them from Liverpool airport and Manchester Airport and we have applied for slots in the correct manner and timeframe with the authorities. To reiterate, this problem IS with Kiev.”