LIAT, with the partial backing of some Caribbean governments, is enhancing and transforming its fleet, with 12 new aircrafts over the next two years that will cost investors US$100 million.
Earlier today, the regional airline paraded the first of the new fleet, the ATR 72, a 68-seat passenger plane, that arrived from St Vincent after stops in Antigua and Dominica, following the original lift of in in Toulouse, France.
Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy, who was at the Grantley Adams International Airport when the plane arrived at 1:25 p.m. to a spectacular water salute, said it was up to LIAT now to deliver.
Chairman of LIAT, Jean Holder, acknowledged that LIAT has to raise the bar in every way.
Full story in tomorrow’s DAILY NATION
$100m upgrade for LIAT
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