Antigua and Barbuda: The much-anticipated LIAT 2020 welcomed the primary two Embraer ERJ-145 jet plane with a grand Water Salute Ceremony at VC Chicken Worldwide Airport on Tuesday afternoon. The event represented a major milestone for the airline, signaling a recent begin and promising future forward.
The arrival of the 2 aircraft would pace up the method of launching its flights into the sky and supply service to completely different regional locations. The 2 Embraer ERJ-145 featured the registrations 5N-BVD and 5N- BXG respectively.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne additionally attended the ceremony together with a small workforce that inspected the inside of the plane. He additionally expressed pleasure and mentioned that this marks a momentous event for the airline and Antigua and Barbuda.
5 extra plane, together with another E145 jet, are deliberate to be added to the fleet within the coming months and improve the operations of the airline. As per the experiences, the jet will function 128-seats and be procured from personal Nigerian airline Air Peace.
Air Peach consisted of a 70% stake within the firm, and the federal government of Antigua bought three ex-LIAT (1974) Ltd ATR 42-600, which has added into its fleet and reached the quantity at 7. The plane had been bought from the Caribbean Improvement Financial institution at the price of US$12.1 million.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has additionally outlined to allocate US$10 million to that challenge, marking the upliftment of the airline. LIAT 2020 ready to take to the skies with its first flight to St Kitts. LIAT 2020 has partnered with Air Peace which might make investments as much as $80 million into the enterprise which is able to serve the Caribbean area together with direct flights to Nigeria.
LIAT 2020 has been changing LIAT 1974 which has operated its ultimate business flight on Janaury 22, 2024. Netizens lauded the arrival of the jets and one added,” “I’m grateful that Liat has returned to the skies. I journey for work weekly, and flying inter-island is just not all the time simple. Simply two weeks in the past, whereas I used to be on a aircraft, the engine began sparking a fireplace, which has by no means occurred earlier than in all my years of flying inter-island. Regardless of the anticipated delays, I’m assured that Liat’s return will guarantee secure and dependable journey. I need to thank everybody concerned in making this a actuality.”
One talked about,” I flew LIAT a few instances! They had been propeller planes. Good to see they now have jets.”
