CAL cancellations leave thousands stranded

Stranded passengers in Trinidad yesterday (Trinidad Guardian photo)

Guyana is monitoring the cancellations of a number of Caribbean Airlines flights which yesterday left hundreds of travelers stranded both locally and overseas, and Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has said that the airline has attributed the disruptions to a human resource problems with its pilots.

“The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority is in touch with CAL and we are monitoring,” Edghill told Stabroek News last evening when contacted.

Last night, CAL announced that it had chartered aircraft to ferry passengers from Miami and Fort Lauderdale to Trinidad. The flights were to leave Miami International Airport at 9 and 10 last night. Those chartered flights are expected to ferry passengers from Trinidad to Miami at 1 pm and 2 pm today.