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Nov 11, 2012 News
Passengers stranded by the sudden suspension of EZjet’s operations may find some relief with news that Caribbean Airline (CAL) has agreed to add a number of extra flights while the airfares would remain stable.
The news came even as EZjet Air Services insisted that it has suffered because of a series of unfortunate events including problems with the US company operating the flights for them.
Yesterday, top executives of CAL met with President Donald Ramotar and Government officials at State House during an emergency session to find solutions.
According to a government statement, CAL agreed to provide short-term accommodation for the stranded EZjet New York-bound passengers at the same fare structure.
“The airline also promised to put on additional flights within the coming week to supplement efforts, and as a medium-term measure, operate a dry lease aircraft from Georgetown to New York onto Toronto,” the government release said.
Caribbean Airlines Chairman, Rabindra Moonan, in an invited comment said that the accrued benefits from the latter plan will be passed on to the travelling public.
Among those visiting from Trinidad were CAL’s Vice Chairman, Mohan Jaikaran; Chief Executive Officer acting (CEO) Robert Corbie and Airport Manager, Carl Stuart. At the meeting with the Guyana President were Tourism Minister (ag), Irfaan Ali; Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn, and other local officials.
Caribbean Airlines is at present gathering passenger statistics from EZjet, and the Ministry of Tourism, but, according to CAL’s Chairman, travelers could be assured that they will be accommodated.
President Ramotar expressed relief with the positive response from the airline to hold fares on par with EZjet, and to include additional flights. He said the task at hand on the part of the local authorities is to expedite the process of quantifying the number of persons affected. Government is hoping to process the necessary paperwork for CAL to conduct the flights as quickly as possible.
Government called on the stranded passengers to be patient. The Ministry of Tourism said that, it is estimated that 25,000-30,000 passengers would have made reservations to travel with EZjet between November and December, 2012.
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