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Barbados PM willing to talk to officials of grounded REDJet
CARICOM governments have not responded favourably to REDjet’s appeal for assistance. Antigua and Barbuda’s Civil Aviation Minister John Maginley said he was unaware that REDjet had written to any Caribbean government seeking any assistance. He told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) it would be a business decision for each government.
Maginley also stressed that REDjet would have to make a compelling case to get regional governments assistance. St Lucia’s Tourism Minister Lorne Theophilius has suggested it was unlikely that regional governments would subsidize the low-budget carrier.
“I don’t think governments in the region would want to do that,” Theophilius told reporters He made it clear that if and when the Kenny Anthony administration agrees to invest in the regional aviation sector it would be done through LIAT “and that is where our allegiance should lie.” – (CMC)
