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Refunds for EZjet passengers still being processed

Feb 06, 2013 News

 

 

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that refund claims of affected EZjet passengers are currently being processed and that it will notify the public through the media, when payments are ready.
According to a Government release, it will only be refunding passengers who purchased their tickets in Guyana. The US$200,000 bond deposit which was lodged by the airline to enter the Guyana market will be used for the refunds.
EZjet’s licences were suspended in the US, Canada, Trinidad and Guyana two months ago after it encountered financial difficulties following news that its founder, Sonny Ramdeo, was sued by a US hospital chain for allegedly stealing over US$20M in federal taxes while he was employed as a payroll manager.
Ramdeo, according to prosecutors in Florida, fled from that state to New York when he got wind that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were looking for him.
He was captured late last year and appeared before a New York judge before being transferred to Florida where he is to face trial next month for wire fraud charges.
EZjet was a low-cost carrier that came to Guyana in late 2011, commanding 15% of the market before it folded months later. While the ticket prices were more than welcome by the Guyanese public, there were questions from the inception about the source of EZjet’s financing, which Ramdeo claimed came from his personal money.
Scores of passengers were left stranded in December after the suspension with New York, Trinidad and Guyanese passengers still to be paid. Passengers in Canada have been refunded, a statement recently said.

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