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Around 30,000 people left stranded in French Guiana after Air Guyane folds

One of Air Guyane's three twin turboprop planes in Saul, French Guiana. The airline has been placed in liquidation, leaving the French overseas department without a private carrier. © GEORGES TUTTLE / AFP

Thousands of residents in the overseas department of French Guiana have been left struggling to get around after its only private airline, Air Guyane, was placed in liquidation.

Local and national authorities are taking emergency measures to maintain essential travel links in the French territory on the northern coast of South America, where several towns are only accessible by air.

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