Posted AT 3:14 AM EST on 04/09/08
Zoom's grounding leaves 1,200 stuck in Caribbean
BRENT JANG
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
At least 1,200 Canadians have been stranded in the Caribbean after the shutdown of Zoom Airlines ruined the best-laid plans of a Toronto-based tour operator.Since Ottawa-based Zoom's grounding last Thursday, G.G. Tours has been scrambling to get its customers back to Canada, lining up charter planes to replace Zoom's service.
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