Over 100 passengers stranded in NY

Dynamic Airways’ Guyana to US service got off to a troubling start with its inaugural flight marred by delays, equipment breakdowns and poor service and now over 100 passengers are stranded in New York after US authorities grounded the airline over deficiencies in its baggage system there.

After leaving the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri for the JFK International Airport in New York following hours of delays yesterday morning, the flight was due to return to Guyana later in the day but US airport authorities stopped the plane from leaving after the airline’s ground handling agency reportedly mixed up the luggage of several passengers. Over a hundred passengers were left stranded.

Speaking to Stabroek News last night, CEO of Roraima Airways and the Guyanese partner for Dynamic Airways, Gerry Gouveia said that they