BWIA flights on track

Despite the recent seizure of two BWIA aircraft by lessors, International Leasing Finance Corporation (ILFC) last week, some of  the airline’s scheduled flights for yesterday appeared not to have been affected. According to the departure and arrival monitors at the airport yesterday, BWIA flights to Georgetown, Tobago, Grenada, Toronto and Barbados were all scheduled to leave on time. When Newsday visited the airport at approximately 11 am, there were no long lines at the check-in counters, but instead, passengers seemed to have little trouble confirming their reservations and checking in. Passengers yesterday reported that they were not affected by either of the seizures of the aircraft, as they were not scheduled to travel to those destinations.  When we attempted to speak with airline personnel, we were advised to speak to management to find out whether there had been any cancellations by affected travellers.

Newsday was later told that the BW 606 scheduled to leave Piarco for Toronto at 1.05 am yesterday had been rescheduled to leave at 3 pm. No reason had been given for the cancellation. Further checks with the airline revealed an automated voice recording which advised concerned passengers that “The operation of this flight has been changed” and to please contact BWIA. Attempts to contact personnel at the BWIA counter all proved futile.