Albury Council has forfeited two complimentary airfares from Air France-KLM to the Netherlands originally intended for mayor Henk van de Ven and Uiver Community Trust chairman Pieter Mol.

Following the 1934 Uiver emergency landing in Albury, two bronze plaques were cast by the Dutch as gratitude to the Albury community with the one housed in the Netherlands having gone missing.

An offer to create a replica of the plaque located at Albury’s LibraryMuseum and be taken to the Netherlands by Cr van de Ven and Mr Mol had been months in the making.

But the entire deal has fallen through.

Air France-KLM has rejected a Plan B for the tickets to be used as a fundraiser for the Uiver restoration project.

Albury’s acting general manager Tracey Squire confirmed last week the tickets were conditional on the original proposal involving the Albury delegation travelling to the Netherlands.

“Therefore they are not transferable to the Uiver community trust,” she said.

“Further, the offer of transport costs for the freighting of the plaque was also subject to the original concept proposal.”

Cr van de Ven conceded the opportunity was lost.

“The original offer of the airline was most generous,” he said.

“We appreciate that it was offered to support council representation at the event if determined appropriate by the council.”

 The plaque was to be presented at the centenary celebrations for the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on September 15.

The event will be held five days after the Albury Council elections.