UNION leaders were last night seeking urgent meetings with Ryanair after the airline's expected take-over of low cost carrier Buzz failed to go ahead.
The Irish airline announced it was still waiting for final clearance of the deal from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
All Buzz services ended yesterday although Ryanair plans to reopen 13 routes on May 1.
Hundreds of jobs are being lost and many workers turned up at Stansted Airport in Essex yesterday expecting to receive redundancy pay.
Ryanair said it had received "enormous assistance" from the OFT and did not expect difficulty in obtaining clearance for the deal "in due course".
The OFT hopes to complete its investigation into the potential takeover by April 28.
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