Barbados and other Caricom governments are trying to address what they admit is a crisis with intra-regional travel and the possible solutions may include trying to re-start LIAT or forming a new regional air carrier.
Barbados’ Ambassador to Caricom David Commissiong spoke to Starcom Network News on the issue a day after St. Vincent Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves was highly critical of one of the airlines serving the region following the demise of LIAT.
The Antigua-based LIAT was jointly owned by the Caricom governments.
Dr. Gonsalves says he’s awaiting a paper from the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank on restarting LIAT.
Ambassador Commissiong tells Starcom Network News that intra-regional travel was a key agenda item at last month’s Caricom heads of government conference in Trinidad at the request of Dr. Gonsalves, who presented a discussion paper on the matter.
Ambassador Commissiong says the CDB report should soon be ready and a decision will be made on how the crisis in intra-regional travel will be addressed.
Barbados’ Ambassador to Caricom David Commissiong.
