Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says he has a plan in mind for regional air travel.
This comes about a week after the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister spoke about the challenges he faced while preparing for several overseas trips, including travel through the Caribbean.
While he did not disclose the plan to listeners of the local radio programme, Gonsalves detailed the history of the failed regional carrier LIAT, an entity he served as chairman of for the shareholder governments.
The airline, is owned by the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said previously that a decision had been taken that would allow Barbados and SVG to turn over their shares in LIAT to St. John’s for one EC dollar (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) .
Gonsalves told radio listeners that he faced much opposition from regional governments and their populations, many of which, he said, are now calling for the revival of the airline.
“But, I give you the history and now, they say, ‘Ralph, do something about it. And will do something about it. I have a plan in mind. I have to do something about it. But I tell you, it is more difficult to start up than to have made the reform.”
Gonsalves said that air transportation in the region is now “a real mess”, and that he had…
