The Tribune

By EARYEL BOWLEG

Tribune Staff Reporter

ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

BAHAMASAIR cancelled two flights yesterday after the Freeport Airport Crash and Rescue Department took industrial action.

The airline planned to rebook passengers from flights 325 and 326 onto flights 315 and 316, which departed from New Providence and Grand Bahama.

The Tribune was unable to reach representatives of the Crash and Rescue Department by press time.

This disruption follows a similar incident last December, when hundreds of Bahamians and tourists had their travel plans upended after Bahamasair cancelled most of its flights. This was due to 75 percent of its flight attendants calling in sick and refusing to report for duty. The sick-out, reportedly sparked by unresolved pay issues, led to long lines of frustrated passengers at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) and other airports.