Noel Lynch told regional media, "Air transport has an integral role to play in the development of the integration movement."
He added, "One Caribbean airline that leverages the resources and expertise in most of our countries, coupled with a combination of successful, homegrown policies, is in my opinion, still the best model for air transport success in this region.”
The future of the airline industry in the region will be high on the agenda this month when regional transport ministers meet in Jamaica to continue talks on connectivity and integration in air travel across the Caribbean.
Jamaican Transport Minister Michael Henry said the talks should include the creation of regional hubs, and a structured open skies policy.
The future of the airline industry in the region will be high on the agenda this month when regional transport ministers meet in Jamaica to continue talks on connectivity and integration in air travel across the Caribbean.
Jamaican Transport Minister Michael Henry said the talks should include the creation of regional hubs, and a structured open skies policy.
He told reporters he has already held initial discussions on the issue with his colleagues from Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.
“We are also scheduled for a meeting in October where we can begin, as Ministers of Transport, to discuss the development of an integrated air travel for the Caribbean and to make it more economically viable, more speedily attainable and that we will develop better interconnectivity," he stated.
"We have to fully appreciate that there will be many countries in the region that could not benefit from the larger development of the air-nautical industry and therefore, we must begin to regionalise hubs and have those hubs created that we can fly more quickly between each country,” he added.
Henry said Jamaica has already signed open skies agreements with as 46 countries including Brazil, Turkey, Canada and Singapore.
"We are very alert in Jamaica to the needs of air travel and the expansion of air travel and the connectivity which relates," he stated.
“We are also scheduled for a meeting in October where we can begin, as Ministers of Transport, to discuss the development of an integrated air travel for the Caribbean and to make it more economically viable, more speedily attainable and that we will develop better interconnectivity," he stated.
"We have to fully appreciate that there will be many countries in the region that could not benefit from the larger development of the air-nautical industry and therefore, we must begin to regionalise hubs and have those hubs created that we can fly more quickly between each country,” he added.
Henry said Jamaica has already signed open skies agreements with as 46 countries including Brazil, Turkey, Canada and Singapore.
"We are very alert in Jamaica to the needs of air travel and the expansion of air travel and the connectivity which relates," he stated.
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