Hundreds of Guyanese affected by flight cancellations –during US winter storm
Aircraft on snow-filled runway
Aircraft on snow-filled runway

HUNDREDS of Guyanese were affected by the winter storm Juno, a major blizzard that hit the Northeastern section of the United States by noon on Monday, resulting in the cancellation of some flights by Caribbean Airlines, Dynamic Airways, COPA Airlines and Fly Jamaica.Speaking briefly with the Guyana Chronicle in a telephone conversation, Captain Gerald ‘Gerry’ Gouveia, Managing Director of Roraima Group of Companies related that Dynamic Airways due to the snow storm had canceled one of their scheduled flights with approximately 200 passengers. He explained that the company does not foresee any more cancelations unless the snow storm continues.

Fly Jamaica’s representative told this newspaper that there were some cancelations but could not relate the number of persons or flights that were affected.
And a press statement by Caribbean Airlines said that “as of noon yesterday (January 26) , we have cancelled, delayed or consolidated many flights to/from JFK (John F Kennedy) Airport for today (January 27) and tomorrow (January 28) and other changes could be expected depending on the severity and clean-up required after the storm.” Up to press time, officials out of COPA Airlines could not be reached for a comment.
It was reported by USA Today that Winter Storm Juno had grounded about 15% of all Tuesday flights in United States. “Air travelers faced chaos in the Northeast, thanks to a major winter storm that threatens to wallop parts of the region with blizzard conditions.”
Airlines reacted to the storm by cancelling more than 7,500 flights through today. Of those, at least 3,200 were already announced by Sunday, a day before the storm’s first flakes fell along the East Coast. Nearly every big airline also said they would waive change fees for customers scheduled to fly into dozens of airports in the storm’s path. (Rebecca Ganesh-Ally)

 

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