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Caribbean Development Bank suggests overhaul of regional airline industry
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Thursday May 21, 2015 – A study commissioned by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has recommended a major rethink of the regional airline industry and the setting up of a CARICOM Airlines Association to identify opportunities to reduce costs, create greater synergies and earn more revenue. It has also proposed the creation of an Air Transport Reform…
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CDB Launches Study on Regional Air Travel – At Annual Board Of Governors’ Meeting
A study commissioned by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has recommended a major rethink of the regional airline industry and for the setting up of a CARICOM Airlines Association to identify opportunities to reduce costs, create greater synergies and earn more revenue. It has also proposed the creation of an Air Transport Reform Authority to address longer-term strategic issues at…
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Logistics and Youth Entrepreneurship Focus of #CDBBoG45 Seminars
Industry leaders in regional air transport, educational professionals, economists and development partners from across the globe will gather to discuss solutions to the main constraints to Regional air transport growth and development, and youth unemployment, during the 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) (#CDBBoG45) in St. Kitts and Nevis from May 20-21,…
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St. Kitts and Nevis hosts CDB’s 45th AGM
Barbados – St. Kitts and Nevis will host the 45th meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on May 20 and 21 at the Marriott Resort in Basseterre. The Opening Ceremony will be at 10am on Wednesday, May 20. The Meeting will be live streamed at www.caribank.org. CDB Governors and President deliver key statements during this forum.…
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Jamaica Hosts Regional Civil Aviation Meeting
A contingent of directors general, state and other high-level representatives from the Central Caribbean, the United States and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), met at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, St Andrew, for the 14th Directors of Civil Aviation Meeting for the Central Caribbean from May 11-13. The meeting took place as the global aviation community intensifies efforts to…
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THE HOYOS FILE: LIAT secret plan – the agony and the irony
It takes a long time because those who naturally would want the status quo to be maintained – say, for example, Antigua and Barbuda – try their best to stop reality, like sunshine, from flooding in. We don’t know yet who wrote the proposal, dubbed “the plan to collapse LIAT” by that disinterested observer Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua…
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New Antigua-Barbuda to Turks and Caicos Islands connection
V.C Bird International Airport will serve as an important hub for UK based carrier British Airways, as the airline, on Sunday, launched their inaugural flight service from Antigua to the Turks and Caicos Islands. The route is historic, as it will be the first, direct flight connection between the Eastern Caribbean and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Minister of Tourism,…
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Antigua and Barbuda PM requests hold on LIAT decisions
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – February 17, 2015……Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to his colleague Dr Ralph Gonsalves in his capacity as Chairman of LIAT Shareholders, requesting that “no further action be taken with regard to any decisions made at the meeting of Shareholders’ of LIAT in Barbados on February 13th 2015” until his Cabinet has…
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Demand for new aircraft in Caribbean to reach 2,300 by 2033
Herdon, Nov. 17, CMC – A report by Airbus has forecast that the Latin America and Caribbean regions will require around 2,300 new airliners by 2033. This is according to the latest Global Market Forecast (GMF) by Airbus that says this will be driven by strong economy and expected air traffic growth. Airbus predicts that the total value of new…
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PM of Antigua to work with Jamaica to increase shipping revenue
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Gaston Browne, says his country will collaborate with the Government of Jamaica to increase the Caribbean region’s market share of the lucrative global shipping industry, through ship registration services. Mr. Browne pointed out that although the Maritime Authority of Jamaica’s (MAJ’s) counterpart agency in Antigua was contributing in a significant way to that…
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