interCaribbean Airways adds ATR, to restart Twin Otter ops

LIAT may return to Caribbean skies in mid4Q20

Caribbean regional airline, LIAT (LIA, 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...

Caribbean airlines ramp up Barbados operations

interCaribbean Airways (JY, Providenciales) and Air Antilles (3S, Pointe à Pitre) have announced plans to ramp up their operations to Bridgetown starting in early August 2020, stepping into the market void left by LIAT (LIA, Antigua), ch-aviation schedule analysis has revealed.

interCaribbean Airways plans to operate to Barbados from St. Lucia Vigie (2x daily starting on August 4), Grenada (2x daily from August 4), and Dominica Douglas-Charles (2x daily from August 11). All routes will be served by E120 turboprops.

In turn, Air Antilles plans to fly to the easternmost island in the Caribbean from St. Lucia daily from August 1, 2020. The route will be extended to Dominica Douglas-Charles starting on August 8, when Dominica is scheduled to reopen its borders. The airline will use ATR42 turboprops to run these services.

Earlier in July, One Caribbean (VCY, St. Vincent Argyle Int'l) said it would establish a base at Bridgetown airport. Barbados has relatively lax border restrictions, including a lack of entry restrictions...

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