A brand new direct air route between Guyana and Canada was inaugurated final week.
The service, which is a partnership between Canadian Jetline and Fly All the time Air Companies, touched down on the Cheddi Jagan Worldwide Airport (CJIA) from Toronto with over 100 passengers.
A bunch of delegates have been available to greet the passengers as they deplaned following their historic journey.
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, expressed his delight concerning the new service that provides Guyanese travellers different choices.
At present, Caribbean Airways is the one firm providing a direct or one-stop service to Canada from Guyana.
“Your authorities being led by President Ali has been working daily to make sure that Guyanese who need to come house for enjoyable, for household engagements, for enterprise in addition to Canadians who need to come to Guyana to expertise our Tourism package deal…should be capable to get right here with ease and with consolation and that is simply one of many many interventions that’s being made to carry that to fruition,” Edghill acknowledged.
Flights from Toronto to Georgetown function on Sundays and Tuesdays and from Georgetown to Toronto on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Canadian Jetline will use their Airbus A320 plane, which has a capability of 174 seats, to function the route that features a transient refuelling cease within the Dominican Republic.
The Ministry of Public Works famous this is able to end in 36,192 seats yearly.
Minister of Tourism, Business, and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond, famous the cease within the Dominican Republic augurs nicely for Guyana’s tourism and enterprise sectors.
“The DR is a mammoth within the tourism sector since they’ve been at it for therefore lengthy and there’s a lot that Guyana can be taught when it comes to twinning our merchandise. The place folks for simply two hours they will fly and are available and expertise our superb nation, our ecotourism, our rain forest, our waters, and our journey and a lot that Guyana has to supply. To not point out the big diaspora that Guyana has in Canada,” she mentioned.
Guyana is already seeing a growth in tourism as over 480,384 travellers have visited the nation. The federal government famous that his determine is eight per cent increased than pre-pandemic ranges in 2019.
