Aeromar Airlines has promised to pay a collective US$1.5 million to ticket holders recently left stranded in New York. Meanwhile, a group of travel agents has asked President Hipolito Mejia to intercede in order to get another carrier for the marooned Aeromar passengers. They referred to the two Air Atlanta 747s currently parked at the Cibao International Airport awaiting their charter passengers from Punta Cana as a possible solution to the crisis. According to Juan Carlos Nunez, president of American Worldwide Travel, there are 5,500 Dominicans stranded in New York City. Aeromar said that although there may be as many as 6,000 passengers stranded in New York, they will only reimburse between 2,500 and 3,000 ticket holders, as the rest held reservations but had not paid for their tickets. Those Aeromar customers who had paid their passage in full can go to their travel agents or company offices to receive their refunds, according to Ryan Polanco, the company’s vice-president.