ROSEAU – Dominica is the latest Caribbean country that has publicly indicated a willingness to provide a licence to the region’s first low-cost airline, REDjet, to operate a service into the island.
Tourism Minister Ian Douglas said that the island would welcome every opportunity to increase air transportation.
“Our tourism industry depends on a large measure on the amount of airlift we could get into Dominica.
“So any airline that would be willing to or help us bring persons into Dominica, we would welcome that.”
Douglas said that if the Barbados-based REDjet wanted to forge a relationship with Dominica “we will really go for it . . . to ensure we get more persons into the destination”.
REDjet, which began operations four months ago with direct flights between Guyana and Bridgetown, has now expanded to include Trinidad and Tobago, and will soon launch its service to Jamaica.
The governments of Grenada and St Kitts-Nevis have also said they were interested in the airline providing a service to their respective islands. (CMC)
