{"id":24950,"date":"2019-03-12T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T23:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=24950"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:24:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T23:24:12","slug":"grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenada PM says LIAT important to island\u2019s economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Grenada government said Tuesday that the local economy would be damaged if the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, is allowed to end its operations.<\/p>

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\u201cWith our present situation in Grenada if LIAT goes down and we are not able to travel, it will take some time before a new airline emerges, it will damage our economy and damage our country,\u2019 Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell told a news conference following the weekly Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LIAT shareholder governments \u2013 Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and St, Vincent and the Grenadines- along with other stakeholders including the airline\u2019s executive management, and the unions representing workers and pilots, met in Barbados on Monday to discuss the restructuring of the Antigua-based airline that operates 491 flights weekly across its network of 15 destinations.<\/p>

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On Monday, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves reiterated the need for Caribbean countries to provide financial assistance to the airline, noting that 11 destinations have been given until Friday, March 15, to respond to the airline\u2019s minimal revenue guarantee (MRG) proposals.<\/p>

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Under and MRG model, it is likely that a few flights may be cut if the government is not prepared to fund them with a guarantee, Gonsalves said, adding that theoretically, several countries have no quarrel with the MRG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitchell told reporters \u201cit is not in our interest to see LIAT go down and we have agreed that we will contribute to a five million US dollar overhead\u2026but it is based on certain factors\u201d.<\/p>

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Initially it had been reported that Grenada, Grenada, which has 35 LIAT departures per week, would be asked to contribute US$487,113.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Mitchell said the proposals presented to his administration by LIAT is \u201dbased on the analysis they have done (and) what Grenada\u2019s contribution would be.<\/p>

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\u201cWhile we agree to pay some cash I cannot say at this point in time that the number they have presented US$487 thousand is what Grenada would give.<\/p>

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\u201cWe are doing an analysis before I commit (and) it has to be before the end of the month,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitchell said historically LIAT has tended to say it needs a \u201cone off payment\u201d to deal with its financial situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt won\u2019t be so, because we are taking another step which will deal with the problem. In other words of they have a shortfall on a flight we paying for that, \u201c he said, noting that \u201cin other words if there is a flight that LIAT has to Grenada, for example,  and it is not yielding break-even point for LIAT or profitability for LIAT, if we want to keep the flight we subsidize it and they will tell us how much\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo therefore, there will be no need for additional cash up front in the future and every country will be asked to do precisely that,\u201d Mitchell added.<\/p>\n

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The Grenada government said Tuesday that the local economy would be damaged if the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, is allowed to end its operations. \u201cWith our present situation in Grenada if LIAT goes down and we are not able to travel, it will take some time before a new airline emerges, it will damage our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nGrenada PM says LIAT important to island\u2019s economy - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grenada PM says LIAT important to island\u2019s economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Grenada government said Tuesday that the local economy would be damaged if the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, is allowed to end its operations. \u201cWith our present situation in Grenada if LIAT goes down and we are not able to travel, it will take some time before a new airline emerges, it will damage our […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-12T23:24:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-12T23:24:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Anr-Kieth-Mitchell.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Grenada PM says LIAT important to island\u2019s economy\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-12T23:24:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-12T23:24:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/\"},\"wordCount\":486,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cananewsonline.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mitchell-Cuba.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/grenada-pm-says-liat-important-to-islands-economy\/\",\"name\":\"Grenada PM says LIAT important to island\u2019s economy - 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