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Jun 06, 2013 News
…Georgetown-Toronto also approved
The long wait is over for officials of the new aviation runner, Fly Jamaica, as Government announced the go ahead for the Jamaican air carrier to service the country. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon told media operatives yesterday that Fly Jamaica will be operating out of Guyana to New York and Toronto.
He said the approval came after the standard evaluation procedures
by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority and the recommendation to Cabinet by Public Works Minister Robeson Benn. Dr, Luncheon said that a $40M bond is expected to be deposited by the airline.
Officials of Fly Jamaica expressed enthusiasm at the announcement and expressed their delight to serve Guyana, especially with a son of the soil being a co-owner of the executive team. Captain Ronald Reece told Kaieteur News that it is too soon to say exactly when service will start, but hopes are high that this will be done by next month.
The air carrier has however, come in the nick of time. Guyanese passengers have been faced with hiked air fares and the peak season is not yet here. Officials had anticipated the likely increases during the peak summer season with ticket prices to the United States falling somewhere around $700US, one way.
With the pull out of Delta Airlines which made its final flight out of Guyana in early May, it was likely that Caribbean Airlines would have dominated the Georgetown-New York route.
Fly Jamaica is entering Guyana’s skies at a time when airlines such as REDjet, the Caribbean’s first low-cost carrier, failed, claiming its inability to compete with airlines in the region that are subsidized by governments. It is also coming at a time when chartered carrier, EZjet, ceased its extremely low fare flights after its owner was arrested in the US and charged for fraud.
Fly Jamaica operates a 200-passenger Boeing 757 (same type of aircraft operated by Guyana Airways and GA2000), which it owns. Fly Jamaica commenced scheduled operations into New York on February 14, 2013 after attaining approval from the American government.
It is said to be heavily supported by the Jamaican Government and people. The CEO is Guyanese aviation entrepreneur Captain Ronald Reece who also owns Ogle-based Wings Aviation
Fly Jamaica will also have its inaugural flight out of Toronto Canada this summer after attaining full support and authorization from the Canadian Government.
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