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REDjet update: CTO chairman calls for regional governmental meeting
St Kitts and Nevis Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Richard Skerritt, wants regional governments to meet with officials of the grounded REDjet and has offered the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) to facilitate such a gathering.
Skerrit, who is the chairman of the CTO, made the offer earlier this week during the four-day 13th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, which concluded in Guyana Wednesday – April 18.
Skerritt told journalists in Guyana that there was a “pent-up” demand for air travel in the region, especially with the spiralling cost of regional airlift and high air travel cost would have dire consequences on regional tourism in the very near future.
He noted that REDjet’s recent suspension of its services, presents a valuable lesson to be learnt about the importance of affordable air transportation.