Latest update March 28th, 2024 12:59 AM
Sep 17, 2009 News
– Correia calls for single airspace
Regional air transportation is critically important to integration of the Caribbean Community.
This is the opinion of Chairman of the Board of Directors at Ogle International Airport Michael Correia who recently urged that CARICOM, “think anew” as it relates to mechanisms aimed at improving regional integration.
He posited that a CARICOM Airport hub, which connects the Caribbean, to South America, is a good start, “but, we must plan and function as a region, and not, as individual countries, with each operating its own airline, or, for that matter, a single, monopoly airline operating inefficiently within CARICOM.”
According to Correia, billions of dollars have already been wasted and will continue to be wasted in pursuit, of old ideas.
“The effective solution to solve the Air Transportation dilemma among our Caribbean communities is, as we have previously pointed out, to push, for the creation of a single airspace, within CARICOM.
The Ogle Airport Chairman said that what is needed is a single airspace, governed by a Central Caribbean Aviation Authority, with offices in each country, one set of regulations, one set of Inspectors that regulate one common safety standard, and one common CARICOM licence for Pilots and Engineers.
According to Correia, once such a regional framework is established, small, medium and large private sector aviation operators, will step in, and fill the gaps in each country or Island, in a safe and cost effective manner.
“It will allow CARICOM Members to share scarce human resources, and expensive technical equipment and benefit from economies of scale,” according to Correia
He recalled that a Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System, has already been agreed on, and Guyana is a signatory to that, “but the concept clearly needs to be expanded and prioritized, as a critical objective of CARICOM, in the view of the Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana.”
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
Mar 28, 2024
Minister Ramson challenge athletes to better last year’s performance By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s 23-member contingent for the CARIFTA Games in Grenada is set to depart the...B.V. Police Station Kaieteur News – The Beterverwagting Police Station, East Coast Demerara (ECD) will be reconstructed... more
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – In the face of escalating global environmental challenges, water scarcity and... more
Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]