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Cape Air woes continue
Cape Air flight cancellations have continued into Tuesday from Friday last week, making that almost a week since flights have been up and running.
Cancelled flights will continue into today.
Yesterday, United Airlines provided an extra flight on a Boeing 737-800 to accommodate passengers. Cape Air and United are code-share partners, with Cape Air providing the Guam-Saipan flights of United passengers traveling to the Commonwealth.
The recent stretch of cancelled flights recall the rash of cancelled flights in the middle months of last year due to technical issues. United flew accommodating flights at that time as well.
Flights on Cape Air’s ATR42 aircraft were cancelled “following a continued technical issue that is currently being addressed,” according to the carrier.
“We will continue to provide updates on the anticipated return to service,” Cape Air said in a statement yesterday.
“United will operate an extra flight today and tomorrow, using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft to accommodate the affected passengers. UA2070 is scheduled to depart Guam on March 3 at 8:30pm and is expected to arrive at Saipan at 9:10pm. Then the flight is scheduled to depart Saipan at 9:55pm and arrive at Rota at 10:33pm. This flight is scheduled to depart Rota at 11:18pm and arrive at Guam at 11:52pm. UA2071 is scheduled to depart Guam on March 4 at 9:30am and is expected to arrive at Saipan at 10:10am. Then the flight is scheduled to depart Saipan at 11:05am and arrive in Guam at 11:45am.
“Our support teams in Guam, Saipan and Rota are providing assistance to passengers to make the necessary arrangements for them to complete their travel. We realize this is an inconvenience to our customers and we apologize for the disruption,” Cape Air said.
