JFK fliers stranded
A small airline abruptly canceled its flights from JFK to Guyana in South America Saturday morning, leaving about 1,000 travelers stranded at the airport.
Among those left high and dry by Dynamic International Airways was Leezel Cambridge, 27, a brideto-be who missed her own wedding because of an unexplained snafu with the 2 a.m. flight to Guyana’s capital, Georgetown.
Her groom had to tell their 300 guests, who were already waiting at their venue, that she wouldn’t be making it.
“I had to cancel it,” she said of her nuptials.
She spent Sunday — which was supposed to be her wedding day — curled up on the airport’s floor with her wedding dress and 15 family members.
She was not the only bride stressed out by Satur- day’s sudden cancellation.
Francine Bascom, 24, of Brooklyn, missed her newborn’s christening Sunday and may have to cancel her wedding next weekend because of the travel nightmare.
“I should be in Guyana, happy and bouncing around,” she fumed.
“But I’m in New York, pissed off.”
The discount airline initially told passengers that the cancellation was caused by a problem with the plane’s wing, but it has since canceled three flights, which make up all of the airline’s service to Guyana.
On Sunday at around 6 p.m., a charter bus arrived to bring passengers to a nearby hotel for the night.
The airline did not respond to requests for comment.