Hundreds of air travelers hoping to get to the Bahamas continue to wait for answers as their flights on BahamasAir have been cancelled.
The cancelled flights have left some passengers at South Florida airports for more than 10 hours.
All flights out of Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale International Airport on board BahamasAir that were scheduled for Tuesday have been cancelled. That includes two scheduled arrivals in Fort Lauderdale, along with one departure from FLL. MIA has seen two departures cancelled along with one arrival.
Miami International Airport has one BahamasAir flight scheduled to arrive at 7:40 a.m. on Christmas Eve that is still on the board as of 8:30 p.m.
NBC 6 has reached out to BahamasAir about the cancellations, but has not received a response.
According to the website tribune242.com, the airline has seen their flights grounded due to a protest from pilots over salary negotiations. The Nassau Guardian reported that the pilots’ union denied it instructed its pilots to go on strike over the negotiations.
The airline told the Nassau Guardian, “BahamasAIr is cognizant that this is the height of our peak travel period and we will do the best we can to mitigate any further disruption to your holiday travel plans.”
