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One Barbadian hotelier is explaining why he is not optimistic about the future of regional airline LIAT.<\/p>\n

That position, although Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne is promising to invest fifteen million US dollars in the cash-strapped airline through a loan from Venezuela-based Banco de Alba.<\/p>

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Adrian Loveridge tells WINN FM that LIAT continues to be plagued with problems, and unless it can get a profit-making formula, the company is doomed.<\/p>

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Loveridge is among those who remain opposed to Caribbean governments imposing a rash of taxes on air travel tickets including those of LIAT.<\/p>\n

Critics of that measure argue that the governments are in essence making air travel in the Caribbean a lot more expensive to the detriment of the travelling public and LIAT.<\/p>

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Loveridge is fully on board with that assessment, and says the hotels in the region are also suffering because of this.<\/p>\n

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