The regional commuter airline, LIAT, is asking for a special meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government to be convened early in 2013 to discuss regional air transportation and its critical role in supporting the Caribbean Single Market and Economy.
In an official statement presented Friday by LIAT Chair Jean S. Holder the airline said the focus of such a meeting must be about what is needed to get regional transportation right and what and how much each country, which is a beneficiary of the services, will contribute to the cause in its own best interests.
"The agenda must be wide enough to include a number of aviation issues which are related to the proper functioning of regional air transportation," Holder said at a meeting of shareholders in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Holder added that the idea of CARICOM airline alliances must be once more put on the table and recommended that a committee be established that would include representatives of the management of the carriers. The purpose of the committee would be to examine the feasibility of the concept of airline alliances.
The chairman stated that the deliberations take place with regard to the articles of the CARICOM Multilateral Agreement concerning the operation of Air Services within the Caribbean Community.
Holder added that the idea of CARICOM airline alliances must be once more put on the table and recommended that a committee be established that would include representatives of the management of the carriers. The purpose of the committee would be to examine the feasibility of the concept of airline alliances.
The chairman stated that the deliberations take place with regard to the articles of the CARICOM Multilateral Agreement concerning the operation of Air Services within the Caribbean Community.
Read the chairman's full statement: Feature: LIAT chair's statement to shareholders - 28 Dec. 2012
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