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Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has accused fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, of deliberate attempts to block Antigua-based regional carrier LIAT.<\/p>

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On Saturday LIAT said it was forced to suspend services to two of its previously announced destinations while it awaits the approval from the relevant authorities in Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines, two former shareholder governments of the financially-strapped airline.<\/p>\n

\u201cLIAT will succeed, notwithstanding the artificial impediments that these countries are creating,\u201d Browne said in response to the development.<\/p>

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\u201cIn fact, it\u2019s an extremely unfortunate development in which these impediments are being developed, nothwiting the fact that LIAT has valid flight approvals to fly to those countries. LIAT is not a new carrier. LIAT is a legacy carrier that has been servicing these countries for decades.\u201d<\/p>

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LIAT, which is now under Administration, had late last month announced the resumption of flights five days a week to seven destinations across its network.<\/p>\n

The seven destinations are: Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Kitts, and St Vincent. LIAT said that the limited schedule of flights will return connectivity to these destinations, which were impacted by the airline\u2019s suspension of commercial services in March due to financial problems and the COVID-19 pandemic that forced many Caribbean countries to shut down their borders.<\/p>

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LIAT said prior to its suspension of services, it had been operating to Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines \u201con valid flight approvals, which have not expired,\u201d adding \u201c LIAT operated a scheduled flight to Barbados on Monday, Nov. 30.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Browne is adamant that LIAT is being singled out by Barbados and St. Vincent.<\/p>

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\u201cThe irony is, there were no such requirements for other carriers. All of the other airlines that resumed services to those countries, they had no such requirement so the question is why are they discriminating against LIAT,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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\u201cLIAT is a regional institution within the OECS and the broader CARICOM and it should be given national treatment; not to be treated as some stepchild, but to be embraced as a regional carrier, and if anything, should be given preference, not to be discriminated against.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they were to seek to sustain this type of behaviour then clearly it will be a restraining of trade and I presume that the Administrator would want to consider maybe taking them to the Caribbean Court of Justice in its original jurisdiction. So it is a position that cannot be sustained,\u201d Browne added.<\/p>\n

According to Prime Minister Browne the countries in question have also reportedly asked LIAT to make pre-payments for landing fees, but he said this is an unfair request given that other carriers have not been asked to do the same.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want to know who has this type of gumption. Which group of individuals has this type of gumption to take this type of policy decision in order to discriminate against LIAT, recognizing that we all have treaty obligations as enshrined in the CARICOM Treaty as well as the OECS Treaty,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is really a position that cannot be sustained and I would recommend that they review this position soonest and to allow LIAT to fly into their destinations as it would have done for the last several decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

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