ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC—The rebranded regional provider LIAT 2020 (Leeward Islands Air Transport) will quickly launch flights to 11 new locations.
Based on the provider’s CEO, Hafsaf Abdulsalam, the enlargement goals to supply vacationers with higher entry throughout the Caribbean, catering to enterprise and leisure markets.
After serving Antigua for a while, the flights shall be launched to 5 extra islands: St. Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, and St. Kitts and Nevis.
“We’ll increase additional into bigger Caribbean territories within the south, including 11 new locations in September,” Abdulsalam defined. The enlargement will embody Guyana, Trinidad, and Tobago.
“By the tip of yr one, we intention to introduce our new technology E2 195 narrow-body plane, a 128-seater. It will enable us to increase flights to Panama and, hopefully, with ECCA’s Cat 1 standing, to Miami, Puerto Rico, and the British Virgin Islands,” Abdulsalam mentioned.
The CEO additionally emphasised that whereas ticket costs will stay aggressive and inexpensive, the airline goals to be sustainable and worthwhile. To profit vacationers, the airline is in search of exemptions from different governments.
The newly shaped LIAT 2020 made its inaugural flight to St. Lucia in August, signaling the interregional airline’s return to the skies.
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