Due to the actions by the Mexican aviation authorities, a Rossiya Airlines (Russia) plane is unable to fly from Cancún, Mexico; the airline has no debts, its representative told RIA Novosti news agency of Russia.  

Armina Volbert, honorary consul of Russia in the Mexican State of Quintana Roo, had told the agency that about 500 Russian tourists could not fly back to their country due to outstanding debt to the Cancún airport.

“Due to an unexpected request by the department of migration of Mexico, however, four Armenian citizens had to be deported [back] to the Republic of Armenia on board the Russian flight,” Rossiya Airlines noted, on the other hand. “For that reason, the airport was not permitting the plane to fly.”

The plane waited for the deportees for four hours, and it was ready to fly on Tuesday, after 10pm Moscow time; but the Mexican aviation authorities did not issue a respective permission.

And under the Russian aviation law, working hours of the cabin crew of this plane were over, and as a result, the flight was delayed until Wednesday.