Fly Jamaica Airways (Kingston Norman Manley) is set to launch charter flights from Georgetown Cheddi Jagan, Guyana to Cuba and New York JFK in February through its Air Guyana (WOL, Georgetown Cheddi Jagan) brand, reports News Source. The airline also plans to add scheduled flights in the future. Fly Jamaica already operates under its own brand between Georgetown and New York JFK as well as from Georgetown to Kingston Norman Manley using its single B757-200.

As Guyana is a Category II country, Air Guyana will wet-lease Fly Jamaica's B767-300 for the charters. CEO Roxanne Reece had indicated in October of last year that flights to Cuba could start in December, but the launch was delayed after B767-300 N767WA (msn 24876) was damaged at Georgetown Cheddi Jagan on November 29, 2016.

Reece believes that there is a solid market for the Cuba – Georgetown route with many Cubans flying to Guyana for business. The Demerara Waves reports that as many as 1,000 Cubans per week take the trip to buy scarce supplies.

"As soon as Guyana gets Category One, we will be operating Air Guyana under its own umbrella," Reece said.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is currently working towards a Category One rating, and in December of last year announced that it had moved from 44.24% to 64.66% following an audit by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). It hopes to achieve full compliance within the next twelve months.

In the past two years, the small South American country has signed bilateral air service agreements with China, Kenya, Curacao, Singapore, Ghana, United Kingdom, Norway, Netherlands, Iceland, Qatar, Canada, Nigeria, Dominican Republic, and South Korea, and an open skies agreement with India.