BARBADOS has given REDjet the green light to fly to St Lucia in time for the Christmas season, as Caribbean Airlines (CAL) complains that its St Lucia route has been stalled by aviation authorities here.
After several weeks of waiting for permission from the Barbados Government, even after receiving a licence from the government in Castries, REDjet announced yesterday that it would start flying to St Lucia on December 16, with service initially being on Fridays and Sundays. Ticket sales began yesterday.
While saying that REDjet anticipated an earlier launch, the airline’s communications executive Nyssa Pierre said: “Flying to St Lucia in time for the holiday period was always our target.”
CEO Ian Burns said he expected the service to create several benefits for St Lucia’s tourism sector.
Meanwhile, CAL?has blamed the Barbados aviation regulatory authorities for preventing it from flying between the Grantley Adams International Airport and Castries.
According to reports in the Trinidad media, CAL officials have complained that an application was made since January this year to introduce that service. Another application was submitted in March, seeking permission to fly between Barbados and Guyana, but approval in both cases is still pending. (DP)
