Worries about damage to Caribbean air transportation with the cessation of LIAT

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Senior Caribbean officials have been urged to prioritize solutions to ensure air mobility in the area, after expressing concern about the disruptions following the cessation of services offered by the airline LIAT.

Chekira Lockhart Hypolyte, president of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority, called on the region’s governments to analyze the issue of interconnectivity, regretting that St. Vincent and the Grenadines was unable to send its representative to a ministerial meeting.

He considered it vital to find a solution to the issue because there is a significant reduction of flights and this affects both the movement of passengers and high-level meetings.

The Minister of Finance of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Camilo Gonsalves, expressed himself in similar terms, stressing that his country is experiencing difficulties because the number of passengers transported each week by air has dropped from 3,500 to 1,000.

The connectivity problems worsened this week after the Caribbean LIAT terminated its form of administration (1974) Ltd. and ceased commercial operations due to financial issues.

More than 90 employees went home without determining when the company will complete their payments, as it claims it is not in a position to make their due remuneration.

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However, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne recently mentioned efforts to finalize an agreement with Nigeria’s Air Peace and make way for the new LIAT 2020 Ltd. format.

Such management will require nearly $30 million to maintain services in the region safely, reliably and efficiently.

SOURCE: Prensa Latina

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4 COMMENTS

  1. Liat was too expensive and still it didn’t pay off…. Y’all Caribbean leaders just need to wear pampers

  2. You never miss the water until the well runs dry!
    Barbados was carrying the bulk of funding for liat while the former prime minister of st lucia refused to help foot the cost now we’ll all feel the pinch of the shoe

  3. We need smaller less costly to maintain aircrafts in these small islands that are only 30 minutes apart. Idk why some of our leaders are so DAF. Can we get a proper industry consultant to assist the novices? Our intelligence is to spin top in mud, dress fancy at meetings and have ppl speak on matters they know nothing about. OMG

    • Haha: Yes, you might be on to something with your slant. But, would they lend an ear to accomplish; without a finder’s fee? Wow!

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