The Civil International Aviation Organization has notified Dominican civil aviation authorities that the Las Americas International Airport is prepared for flights coming in at the turn of the century. OACI report says that the DR leading airports will not have problems with their air control systems, navigation systems. Bernardo Then, who is president of the local committee of airlines, and operations manager for American Airlines in the DR said that that airline will be carrying out all its flights as usual on 31 December. He said that the airline, the leading carrier of passengers in the Caribbean, has taken all precautions regarding Y2K. An AP newswire report that Caribbean hoteliers and cruise ship operators are not fully reserved as expected. John Bell, executive director of the Caribbean Hotel Association, said in an interview that apparently the tourists that would be paying the premium-priced hotel rooms and cruises decided to spend the holidays at home with those for whom they cared most. The AP news release forecasts there will be many specials for the millennium holiday, as hoteliers and cruise ship companies scramble to fill their rooms.
