[Onthebarricades] DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Revolt by stranded passengers

[Andy]

      http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=25341
      September, 6 - 6:12 AM 
           
            Stranded passengers riot at Dominican airport
           
           
            Las Americas International Airport.- Some thirty passengers with reservations for travel to Spain, France and Italy on Spanish airline Iberia, have damaged the airline counters in protest at having been stranded for several days at the terminal.

            The travelers, mostly Dominican women resident in Spain, said that they have been going to the airport since Friday and that no airline executive has been able to provide an explanation for their plight.

            Other passengers argued that the situation has come about because Iberia has overbooked its flights to Spain, leading to a situation where the airline has to leave dozens of passengers stranded in the terminal on a daily basis.

            Police and military officers had to intervene in order to prevent the damage caused to the airline counters from being extended to their offices on the second floor of the airport.

            Many of the passengers complained that they had lost their jobs, saying that they were due back in Spain or Italy last Sunday in order to start work on Monday.
           
     
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