Many passengers have been left stranded here as Copa Airlines has had to cancel a number of flights which it said was because of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max 9 planes.
However, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri says that none of the airlines that ply the Guyana route has been affected by the FAA notice, since the planes operating here are older models.
“We were not impacted by the FAA’s decision. The aircraft that operates here are up to the 737 -8 series, and not 9…,” CJIA Public Relations Officer, Shunza Samuels, told Stabroek News when contacted. She informed that the 737-8 series are operated by Caribbean Airlines and American Airlines which both have had scheduled flights since the FAA notice.