Tag: air travel
Cummins defends high taxes on travel into Barbados
George Town – Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins expressed concern on Wednesday that 56 per cent of the cost of...
KLM returns with direct flight for winter tourist season
Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) announced on Tuesday that the island will be the only anglophone Caribbean territory that will have a direct flight...
Involve private sector in new regional airline, Thompson says
Any new airline formed by Caribbean governments must be under a public-private partnership to be successful.President of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association Patterson...
Solve outstanding LIAT issues before moving on, Thompson says
Before making any attempts to revive LIAT – much less establish a new regional airline – Caribbean governments must recognise that there are still...
Hilaire bemoans loss of LIAT
Castries – St Lucia tourism minister Dr. Ernest Hilaire said on Thursday that there was “virtually” no Caribbean travel and lamented the loss of...
Air travel still rebounding
New data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revealed that air travel continued its strong recovery trend in April, despite the war...