Insel Air flight grounded over stranded Indian nationals

Central Immigration at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri grounded Insel Air Aruba yesterday after what Director of Roraima Airways, Gerry Gouveia, called an “unfortunate mix-up” between carriers.

The carrier was grounded yesterday at 06:45hrs and passengers left stranded after the carrier refused to depart with eight Indian nationals who had entered Guyana on July 19, 2015 on Insel Air Curacao.

Gouveia told Stabroek News that the immigration department made a mistake by treating the two carriers as