St. Maarten's Winair to charter an A320 in 1Q18

LIAT may return to Caribbean skies in mid4Q20

Caribbean regional airline, LIAT (LI, Antigua), currently in administration, may return to operations as early as November 2020, according to Antigua’s Information Minister Melford Nicholas.

However, he did not commit to a firm date for its relaunch: “It’s likely to happen in the new month. I would not want to hazard a date,” he told the Antigua Observer. “There are still operational issues that I imagine they are going to be working on, but from the report that was shared with us by the Prime Minister (Gaston Browne), the conditions are going to be in place for LIAT to take to the skies in the new month.”

Owned by seven Caribbean governments, LIAT suspended its operations in March 2020 after many Caribbean islands shut down their airports as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Facing increased debt and the economic impact from the pandemic, LIAT in July received a stay from liquidation when the government of Antigua and Barbuda secured an order for its administration. The airline owed creditors in excess of...

St Kitts & Nevis to reopen to commercial pax traffic

Caribbean regional carrier Winair (WM, St. Maarten) will resume flights to Saint Kitts and Nevis when international commercial flights reopen to the West Indies dual-island nation on October 31, 2020.

According to the ch-aviation schedules module, Winair resumes services from St. Maarten to Basseterre with two weekly flights on October 31, adding a third and fourth service on November 1 and November 2 respectively.

The island nation recently received a “no travel notice required” status from the US Centers for Disease Control, having had only 19 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with no reported deaths since its closed its international border on March 25, 2020.

Some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have created a “travel bubble “ amongst each other as part of efforts to safely reopen travel amid the pandemic. From September 18, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will be in the bubble, with other member states allowed to participate when they meet health criteria.

According to...

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