Meeting on LIAT

The three major shareholders of the regional airline, LIAT, will meet in St Vincent on Wednesday to consider a number of issues related to the regional air transportation sector.
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves will host his colleagues from Barbados, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer “to discuss a number of matters, based on an extensive agenda”, according to a statement issued here.
“Among matters that will be looked at include the operational plans and performance of LIAT, Financial reports and projections and industrial relations and human resource development,” it said, adding that Wednesday’s meeting will also look at the attempt by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL), to begin a service into the Eastern Caribbean.
A number of top LIAT officials, including the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Jean Holder will be attending the shareholders meeting, the statement said.
Over the weekend, an Antigua-based newspaper reported that LIAT employees were pondering their future amidst reports that the carrier is on the verge of placing close to 100 of them on the breadline.
LIAT employs more than 900 people in 22 destinations throughout the Caribbean. The majority of the workers, more than 600, are based in Antigua where the airline is headquartered. (CMC)