The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) and Pawa Dominicana have reached an agreement to resolve the situation of the 12,000 passengers who have bought tickets to fly with the airline up to July 2018. The announcement was made by Luis Ernesto Camilo, president of the JAC.
For those flying to Sint Marteen, Aruba and Curacao it has been agreed to rent several 737 planes and for passengers booked for other destinations it has been agreed to send them on other airlines. He said that a chartered plane would leave on Monday afternoon, 5 February 2018, to Aruba and today, Tuesday 6 February, other chartered planes would leave to Curacao and Aruba. Camilo explained that the aircraft is being chartered via the embassies of Holland and Panama, but that Pawa has to bear the costs.
65% of the travelers will have their tickets reimbursed via their credit cards. Camilo said that around 5,180 people will have their money returned.
Pawa has 21 days to make the refunds and then the investigations will be continued to see if the suspension of the airline will be continue following the 90-day penalization period.
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Listin Diario
JAC
6 February 2018
