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Meanwhile, Sunwing travellers — including at least one baby — were abandoned in Mexico for days with scant communication and hotel lobby floors as beds. Many still don’t know when they’ll get on a flight back to Canada. According to an account reported by CTV, one Sunwing representative told a frustrated passenger, “I will make sure people stay here forever.”Article content
The situation is complicated by the fact Sunwing doesn’t fly to Mexico destinations on a daily basis, so attempting to add hundreds of displaced passengers to fully booked flights that only take off once every few days is a fool’s errand. As CTV Aviation Specialist Phil DurdeyBut of course that costs money — something Canadian airlines are infamously loath to spend in service of their customers.
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