To the OP's question #1, not sure what "alot of islands in the Caribbean" to which you refer, but B6 only operates to STT and the DR from SJU. The other islands are operated from JFK or FLL.
Jump to postUA will expand its Caribbean network from 13 May with more flights than it did before in 2019. From ORD Aruba (AUA) Weekly Montego Bay (MBJ) Weekly Nassau (NAS) 2x weekly Punta Cana (PUJ) Daily San Juan (SJU) Daily St. Thomas (STT) 2x weekly Cancun (CUN) 2x daily Cozumel (CZM) Weekly From DEN Nassa...
Jump to postUA will expand its Caribbean network from 13 May with more flights than it did before in 2019. From ORD Aruba (AUA) Weekly Montego Bay (MBJ) Weekly Nassau (NAS) 2x weekly Punta Cana (PUJ) Daily San Juan (SJU) Daily St. Thomas (STT) 2x weekly Cancun (CUN) 2x daily Cozumel (CZM) Weekly From DEN Nassa...
Jump to postI've been following their plans for a MAN base, and did think that they might launch some Caribbean services. Hopefully BGI is just a start! and I'd love to see them develop some routes from DUB, as that is one of the best unexplored markets for some destinations in the region. It seems that now th...
Jump to posthttps://www.caribbean-airlines.com/#/ca ... leases/359 BW is integrating its new BGI JFK service with connections to DOM, SVD and GND. This effective April. This will be the only same airline service on the JFK DOM so that should do OK. GND has B6 with nonstop so I do not see this is relevant to th...
Jump to postANU is also apart of Aer Lingus' plan. Announcement on a start date may be made soon.
Jump to postA law which essentially states that a company cannot be sued cannot possibly be constitutional. Furthermore, the situation with LI is untenable. I'm not aware the law makes such a statement, but in any event, does anyone know if a company has any such protections under US Chapter 11 law? According ...
Jump to postThe Antigua and Barbuda PM Gaston Browne has threatened to pull all support from LIAT (1974) Ltd following a class action lawsuit filed against his government by a LIAT pilot in Barbados. https://antiguaobserver.com/pm-browne-threatens-to-abandon-liat-after-pilot-files-class-action-lawsuit/ A law w...
Jump to postIf you turn the tiller too far, it will unscrew right off the strut. It's not possible to "unscrew" the nose wheel by tiller movement. There is a mechanical stop on the tiller, the nose wheel movement is limited. No authority would certify an aircraft that could suffer a nose gear collaps...
Jump to postSurely the stranded guests could have been housed at a hotel, or failing that even at Trinidadian homes, if the government of TnT wasn't willing to risk the relatively tiny cost of one flight to Venezuela. Who would willingly accept strangers into their homes in the middle of a pandemic? Why should...
Jump to postFar to much commess for me, as far as I see it. Meanwhile, at POS, we have aircraft that can (and are being used in other parts of the Caribbean). If not for Conviasa, are there no other carriers, or, better - a carrier based at POS, who could similarly perform the same flights? Two trips on an ATR...
Jump to postMore drama in the Eastern Caribbean Guadeloupe , January 19, 2021 As a result of even more restrictive measures between Paris and its home base in the French West Indies, as well as increased protocol restrictions in the Caribbean islands because of the Covid pandemic, Air Antilles has today announ...
Jump to postYip BGI now has a 9pm to 5am curfew after a super spreader event occurred. I doubt JY will be around in BGI after February. So after all of the hullaballoo it will be back to LI by the summer, when hopefully demand will have returned. For many BGI isnt O&D but its a transit point, and that is t...
Jump to postPer Crankyflier, B6 has dropped JFK-GEO for January/February. I find their service on the route to be extremely strange. Why start a new destination, serve it for two weeks and then drop it for two months after that? https://crankyflier.com/2020/12/28/jetblue-cuts-february-allegiant-plans-the-summe...
Jump to postIn case anyone is wondering, live fish are also carried by air destined to pet stores.
Jump to postGUYAIR707 wrote:Flew into GEO yesterday and noticed a BW parked on the far side of the runway and an Eastern on the ramp alongside the terminal. Does eastern and BW overnight their aircraft at GEO? Or maybe technical issues?
Agreed on the bureaucracy point. This should be resolved quickly. Just to note though, ECCAA does not grant route rights. That would fall under the realm of the local civil aviation ministry. I’m not sure why LI would need to renew anything though. AFAIK, this LI is the same as before i.e. not a ne...
Jump to postPassenger or cargo is irrelevant. If the crew believes the aircraft won't fly for any reason, they will reject the takeoff, even after V1.
Jump to postLIAT has introduced its new baggage policy effective Nov. 30 when it returns to commercial service. While customers will be allowed to carry on a small bag and personal item for free, their 1st Checked bag will cost US$10. https://antiguanewsroom.com/liat-to-charge-us10-for-1st-checked-bag-us60-for-...
Jump to postAny news on LI? I see the website launch date has come and gone. PM Browne recently announced a Nov 30 start date. This date is also BGI's independence day. Im not sure if this is coincidence, or deliberate. If so then what promotion have they done and why is their website still down? In these time...
Jump to postfowlr29 wrote:Any news on LI? I see the website launch date has come and gone.
Is there a life extension programme available for q200?? From 80.000 to 120.000 cycles: https://www.bombardier.com/en/media/newsList/details.20190405Wideroe.bombardiercom.html https://www.wideroetechnical.com/extended-service Only Approved on 100 and 300. No customer has requested 200 Life Extensio...
Jump to postSaying farewell to 9Y-SXM next week after 9 years of stellar svc :( You served us faithfully, MSN 37935. Is BW reducing its fleet size? If so which routes will they cut back? Well with C19, do they need their entire 737 fleet? I don't recall them talking about route cuts yet. POS is still closed. R...
Jump to postTrans Guyana has announced they will be serving BGI five times weekly from OGL starting November 1st with B1900D aircraft. I commend TransGuyana for this, its certainly a good move on their part. They certainly have been going quite a bit of charters within the Eastern Caribbean since C19 hit and a...
Jump to postTrans Guyana has announced they will be serving BGI five times weekly from OGL starting November 1st with B1900D aircraft. I commend TransGuyana for this, its certainly a good move on their part. They certainly have been going quite a bit of charters within the Eastern Caribbean since C19 hit and a...
Jump to postIn the Jamaican thread it (can we link to comments in other threads, idk how to do that) it looks like CAL has applied for: KIN - BGI - JFK - KIN KIN - JFK - BGI - KIN and KIN - BGI - MIA - BGI - KIN December 2 start dates Well with POS borders closed and the questionable timeline as to when they'l...
Jump to postWith B6 only operating 2x weekly CAL can certainly operate 2x/3x weekly BGI-JFK flights to satisfy the VFR market. BGI-YYZ could also justify 2x week service. MIA would be more difficult with AA operating daily and soon 2x daily with their Hub. I also don't see BW doing this. If BW does do it, I ca...
Jump to postIt is almost certain now that the Antigua-based regional carrier, LIAT, will return to the skies, perhaps as early as next month. This is the latest update from Cabinet spokesman, Minister of Information, Melford Nicholas, who said the positive news was passed on to the Cabinet by Prime Minister Gas...
Jump to postEvery airline that has different variants of an aircraft probably had this happen to them, but most errors are caught before disaster strikes. I've seen it happen with ATR 42/72's and Dash 8 100/300's. Cabin Crew in the business long enough sometimes notice when the seating arrangements seem off and...
Jump to posthttps://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOT-OST-2006-26586-0024 Reported in another thread... CAL gets approval for IAH and SJU Congrats to them although they won't be flying either right now. And I guess with the approval of the SJU route, we can put to bed the myth that BW will simply ignore the n...
Jump to posthttps://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTourismOrganization?sk=wall There will be a YouTube event tomorrow at 11AM (EDT). This to discuss post LIAT transportation. JY and BW will duke it out and we will see who the winner will be. Travel loads are very thin, especially with POS and GEO still closed. No e...
Jump to posthttps://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTourismOrganization?sk=wall There will be a YouTube event tomorrow at 11AM (EDT). This to discuss post LIAT transportation. JY and BW will duke it out and we will see who the winner will be. Travel loads are very thin, especially with POS and GEO still closed. No e...
Jump to postYou cannot book BGI SLU so its gone, at least for the next few months. With JY and Antilles on the route, both will daily flights, it was crowded. I do not see BGI DOM being any better. With all of the travel protocols plus economic uncertainty and the lack of the usual summer events people arent t...
Jump to postYou cannot book BGI SLU so its gone, at least for the next few months. With JY and Antilles on the route, both will daily flights, it was crowded. I do not see BGI DOM being any better. With all of the travel protocols plus economic uncertainty and the lack of the usual summer events people arent t...
Jump to postIntercaribbean land its 10th E120 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/n581sw#2539f9f3 4 ERJ145LR more to be added too Interesting I think they should take a more cautious approach to this expansion. They are basing at least 4 E120 and 1 ERJ at BGI as eastern HUB, besides they are getting a d...
Jump to post75driver wrote:Agree on the “niner” thing. Not sure where that comes from but it’s not commercial flying.
In 47 years of flying including 5 at EAL, never D as Dixie except perhaps as a joke. DL”s call sign is Deltaxxxx, xxxx being the flight number. For reference: A110-23 Taxiway D is referred to as "DIXIE". https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KATL/remarks Wouldn't it have been easier s...
Jump to postbaje427 wrote:JY has probably the best sized equipment for these times. Does anyone know how the loads are on JY or BW?
This is why I fear that Gaston will have the last laugh when traveling public demands the return of LIAT. As bad as they have been they actually have higher Tripadvisor ratings in the Caribbean than do private carriers like Inter Caribbean, Air Antilles and Seaborne/Silver. So no shock that OCL wil...
Jump to postEveryone in the Eastern Caribbean want to know when T&T borders will reopen. Now that US tourists are increasingly being seen as a virus its to that market that many wanted to turn to hoping that Trinis, scared off from the FL pandemic, might have sampled trips to nearby islands. Tourist depend...
Jump to postI heard on the news today that BGI will be the hub for One Caribbean Airlines. What alot of people may not realise is that OCL also applied for an AOC under Barbados CAD regulations. They seem to be shifting away somewhat from their ECCAA AOC. The BCAD is in shambles and there will be very little o...
Jump to postA Caricom airline operating BGI-ANU or BGI-GEO or BGI-KIN should not be required to staff services with Trinidadian nationals. I know Caricom is many moons behind where it should be integration-wise... but if the TTALPA can dictate that only TnT nationals can fly for BW we have some big problems. T...
Jump to postSo is this all speculation or are we certain there is a clause prohibiting hiring non Trinidad and Tobago people. What is the situation with the Jamaican operations? I assume those are staffed with some Jamaican nationals at least. If they open a base in BGI, does not mean these new routes are excl...
Jump to postThe idea that the TTAPLA could dictate how the company operates in Barbados <, particularly with a potential shortage of flight crew, is pretty abhorrent. Why would they be given any authority in the matter? In broader terms, this approach to solving these issues as individual island governments is...
Jump to postThe idea that the TTAPLA could dictate how the company operates in Barbados <, particularly with a potential shortage of flight crew, is pretty abhorrent. Why would they be given any authority in the matter? How is it any different to scope clauses in the US? Many pilot contracts have clauses in th...
Jump to postIts not up to TTALPA. CSME rules allow people from any CARICOM nation (except Haiti, The Bahamas and Suriname which arent signatories to this) to work anywhere within CARICOM once they fit certain criteria. Pilots and cabin crews as well as ground staff clearly fit the criteria. TTALPA cannot celeb...
Jump to postskystar767 wrote:Need answer to a question. Why BA flying to GEO from LHR in the past month or so?
So when you all say BW is basing two aircraft in BGI, logistically, what does that mean? Will they be hiring Barbados citizens to operate the flights? I am always interested in the logistics of these type of things. Im told from July 15 they are looking to start up operations in BGI and will have c...
Jump to postHe actually asked them to take a 50% cut on severance and other money owed to them. They have however agreed to a 30% cut on severance. The staff hasn't agreed to anything. PM Browne proposed a 50% cut, however a counter proposal was suggested at 30%. No formal acceptance on either side was agreed....
Jump to postI heard the Antigua PM has asked Liat staff to accept s 30% pay cut and to give a response by Friday. Honestly I think he is being a bit irrational with the BGI government no longer being able to support LI its days are numbered. The airlines willing to take up the slack should suffice. Travel numb...
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