What will happen to passengers with Aeromar's tickets?

[aviastar]

Who knows? They sold all seats for high season, so what will happen with these passengers, they wanna come to DR....

[santobonao]

these passengers is waiting for a flight to dr poor passengers.

[Robert]

One thing is for sure, AA are going to have a good Christmas. They can't buy this type of marketing.

I'm not an airline person, but I bet a seat is not easy to come by right now. If you can find one, I'm sure it's VERY expensive!

How many people are we talking about, I heard 6,000. Does anyone have an update on this? That's a lot of angry Dominicans!

[santobonao]

yes, robert you right there alot dominican angry with aeromar and there no seats for many people its expensive this is crazy
and aeromar is not returning back the passengers plane ticket money.

[Onions&carrots]

gimme a break...please stay on topic

cmedina07

[maxwell]

Aeomar lanzo un comunicado hoy en la prensa local en Santo Domingo.

A NUESTROS ESTIMADOS CLIENTES Y RELACIONADOS

Aeromar, Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas hace del conocimiento de nuestros usuarios y relacionados, que debido a la necesidad de realizar importantes ajustes en nuestra estructura operacional y tecnológica, nuestras operaciones aéreas han de ser suspendidas temporalmente.

De la misma forma queremos hacer saber a nuestros clientes que nuestro compromiso como una línea aérea nacioanl es tan fuerte como siempre y que la consecución de la misma se verá fortalecida con estas transformaciones.

Agradecemos su comprensión y nos reiteramos a sus ordenes, para todo lo que podamos dentro de la filosofía de servicio y responsabilidad que caracteriza a nuestra empresa.

LA DIRECTIVA

[Stanley Joaquín]

??

Pero deben de hacer lo posible, para transportar a los pasajeros que ya han comprado boletos.

[Transat]

I BELIEVE THAT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT LATE FOR THAT STATEMENT NOW.

[latinaviation]

AA added an extra section JFK-SDW for 12/20 with a 777 and another extra section on 12/22 with a 757 that sold out by 10am this morning!

[PJT]

Originally posted by aviastar
Who knows? They sold all seats for high season, so what will happen with these passengers, they wanna come to DR....

No matter what direction the passengers were flying, to the DR or from the DR, they are in a bad predicament as the travel is concerned. They are out of options unless they they have the luck to engage a seat through an alternative carrier. Robert mentioned 6000 passengers skunked and I don't think there is relief capacity available for that massive number on a timely basis. It is high season and all flights of air carriers, scheduled and non-scheduled, are booked. The only remedy is if the carriers have addtional resources (crews & aircraft) available and are able to obtain permission to make landings in the DR. I doubt the remedy will ever take place because the D.R. market does not have the prestige to warrant a bailout.

Passengers who paid for their Aeromar tickets in the states with US issued credit cards will have economic relief by contacting the card issuer and requesting a credit. Passengers who paid by other methods in the states will have to get in line for their money and wait. Passengers who paid for their travel by DR issue credit card or by other means in the DR, don't bother to get in line.

Regards, PJT