By Governor Sarah Tucker and Premier Joseph Farrell
The Governor and the Authorities of Montserrat recognise the entry challenges the island continues to face and collectively are engaged on the long run options to enhance the scenario on a extra everlasting foundation.
At the moment there’s an acute difficulty in relation to gasoline provides for our two carriers, Fly Montserrat and SVG.
The provider of AVGAS in Antigua has not obtained its scheduled supply, which is additional delayed till 4th August, and will likely be accessible for airways on the 5th August. To mitigate this each airways have been refuelling in Nevis. Nevertheless, they too at the moment are with out inventory and haven’t but been in a position to affirm replenishment.
SVG has confirmed it’s going to run till gasoline shares are depleted and restart when the brand new Antigua gasoline inventory is accessible.
Fly Montserrat will start fuelling in Guadeloupe on Wednesday (31st July) to allow flights to proceed. This may occasionally create some disruption to flight timings.
The Authorities of Montserrat and the Governor’s Workplace proceed to work collectively to have the ability to fund these challenges and to make sure the security and safety of Montserrat throughout this restricted interval. Collectively now we have taken the next selections:
— Fly Montserrat will proceed to fly however please remember that flight occasions could possibly be topic to alteration.
— A restricted variety of helicopter flights will start between Antigua and Montserrat on the 31st July and the entry crew will prioritise the flights as follows:
- For guests who had been already booked on a flight that isn’t operating and are returning house and have connecting flights in Antigua.
- For residents who had been already booked on a flight and are in Antigua ready to return house.
- Any medical appointments which can be pressing (not routine) however don’t require medivac, with approval from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
- Different emergency conditions
— Those that usually are not accommodated will likely be reassigned flights as quickly because the airways are in a position to function usually.
We recognise the difficulties and disruption this causes to everybody who’s making an attempt to journey and the challenges it brings the airways who proceed to do their best to assist their buyer base.
We ask everybody for his or her persistence and understanding and to make sure they’ve supplied updated contact info to their airline, in order that the entry crew can contact them if they’re referred to as for a helicopter flight.
That is an evolving scenario; important work is ongoing and updates will likely be issued as they happen.
It is a quick time period problem to be resolved—it doesn’t detract from the broader entry problem. The work to resolve that on a extra everlasting foundation is ongoing between all events and updates on broader entry challenges will likely be supplied individually.
We thank the Workplace of the Premier, the Governor’s workplace coverage crew and the airways for his or her continued laborious work and dedication, as they work to resolve the present scenario.
