CAL cancels flights

Due to the tropical storm warning, which was in effect for Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada and its dependencies flights out of Trinidad to various North American and South American flights were affected.

These included, BW 550 Port of Spain to John F Kennedy, New York, BW 1650, 1522, 1528, 1532, 1538, 1526,1530, 1536, 1540, 1550 Port of Spain to Tobago, BW 1651, 1523, 1529,1533,1539, 1527, 1531,1537, 1541, 1551 Tobago to Port of Spain.

Others included BW 483 Miami to Port of Spain and Port of Spain to Guyana, BW 459 Kingston to Antigua and Antigua to Barbados, BW 481 Fort Lauderdale to Port -of- Spain, BW 485 Orlando to Port of Spain, BW 434 Port of Spain to St Lucia, BW 435 St Lucia to Port of Spain, BW 448 Port of Spain to Barbados, BW 449 Barbados to Port of Spain, BW 438 Port of Spain to Grenada, BW 883 Port of Spain to Suriname.

CAL advised customers to visit www.caribbean- airlines.com and check their flight status before going to the airport or call the CAL call centres for further details.

The call centre numbers are USA, Canada and St Maarten + 1 800 920 4225, Caribbean and Guyana + 1 800 744 2225, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname + 1 868 625 7200, Caracas + 58 212 335 7405, Jamaica (International calls) + 1 800 523 5585, Jamaica (Local calls) + 1 888 359 2475, All other locations + 1 800 523 5585.

Affected customers travelling between June 19 and June 21 will be permitted to change or cancel their reservations without penalty subject to a number of conditions.

These include passengers must have a confirmed ticket issued before June 19. Passengers who choose to change their reservations, must complete their travel by June 25 and must be in the same cabin as the original.