LIAT cancels several flights due to Tropical Storm Ernesto

LIAT has cancelled several of its flights for Friday due to the impending passage of a Tropical Storm Ernesto. The flights are:

• LI 361 – Dominica/Barbados
• LI 758 – St. Vincent/Barbados
• LI 721 – Barbados/St. Lucia/St. Vincent/Trinidad
• LI 370 – Barbados/St. Lucia/Martinique
• LI 371 – Martinique/Barbados
• LI 754 – Barbados/Dominica
• LI 771 – Antigua/St. Lucia/Barbados/Grenada
• LI 310 – Trinidad/St. Vincent/St. Lucia
• LI 704 – Grenada/Barbados
• LI 760 – St. Vincent/Barbados
• LI 761 – Barbados/St. Vincent
• LI 332 – Trinidad/St. Vincent/Barbados

In addition, LI 774 (Guyana to Barbados) has been re-timed to depart Guyana at 8:30am Friday.

In a media release the airline stated that Barbadian authorities have advised that the Grantley Adams International Airport will be closed from midnight Thursday until at least 10:00 am reopening Friday. 

The E. T. Joshua International Airport in St Vincent will close at 11:00 pm Thursday and reopen at 4:00 pm Friday. LIAT said in light of these closures there could be further disruptions to LIAT’s schedule Friday.

The airline has advised passengers to check the LIAT website (www.liat.com), the LIAT Facebook Page, their local LIAT office, or to call the LIAT Call Centre from Antigua – 1-268-480-5582; toll free from the rest of the Caribbean – 1-888-844-5428 and from Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands – 1-866-549-5428 for information on the status of their flights.

As a courtesy to passengers the airline said customers affected by the disruptions who wish to rebook for a later date will be allowed to do so without change fees or fare differences for a period of one week from the date of their original scheduled travel.