First LIAT 2020 Embraer ERJ-145 Spotted
https://www.gatechecked.com/first-liat-2020-embraer-erj-145-spotted-8893
Most Caribbean airports lack a full-length taxiway, so aircraft have to taxi on the runways. What's the situation at POS?
Jump to postI just found out that British Airways will be operating LHR-BGI-LHR service 14x weekly for winter 2024/25. Virgin Atlantic will also operate 14x weekly flights so LHR will have 28x weekly flights to BGI. Definitely a record number of flights on this route. BA flights to operate with a mixture of 78...
Jump to postDE will reintroduce a weekly service from FRA to ANU on 5 November 2024 to 6 May 2025 using the 310-seat A330-900. Return flights to FRA will be routed via PUJ.
Jump to postThis is possible because the JFK-POS flights are red-eyes departing at 2209, so plenty of time for connecting traffic. I expect that passengers will have to go through Immigration at JFK on the return flights (but not on outbound as they will be precleared).
Jump to postWhen did B6 launch JFK-BGI, about October 2009 I think. Since then the market to BGI has grown to such an extent that there will be more carriers from JFK and even UA, historically poor to the eastern Caribbean, flies from EWR and IAD. So well done by the Barbados Tourist board for getting additiona...
Jump to postI don't think I've ever really understood why neither DL nor UA go to BGI from their biggest hubs (ATL and ORD). Still, at least UA is doing EWR-BGI and IAD-BGI although only on Saturdays and Sundays respectively, with EWR-BGI going daily from 7 March. In comparison AA is 3x daily from MIA and daily...
Jump to postDidn't JM also use the A310 to LHR? I seem to recall seeing one back then. Yes, JM did use the A310 on its LHR flights which were resumed after (I think) a 12-year break. Problem was that this medium-haul plane wasn't designed for routes this long and a full load won't always have been possible, a ...
Jump to postThe plan was to run the A340 on the POS-GEO-JFK route 4 per week, as well as complimenting with some POS-YYZ flights 2 per week. BW only had 1 A340 from Jun 2002-Feb 2004 when JIL(ex VS) came into the fleet. Quite off-topic JM, which had three leased 343s, started to operate KIN-JFK about 22 years ...
Jump to postHello everyone on this lively forum. It's my first post for 2024 so I hope the year has been great to everyone so far. BWIA also flew to several European destinations at various times. FRA proved the longest-lived service, beginning in 1988 and lasting 9 years. They also served ARN, MUC and ZRH. Th...
Jump to postWho will be the first Caribbean airline to actually make leisure routes work? This is a really tough thing to do as Caribbean carriers are small fish competing with huge north American and British fish from their huge hubs where they can get efficient use of their aircraft and crews. They did try, ...
Jump to postDL's never been particularly big in the Caribbean but does in the winter have DTW-MBJ and MSP-MBJ as a result of its NW acquisition.
Jump to postFlights are operated with 737 MAX 8, outbound 6hr 10m, inbound 6hr 20m next day.
Jump to postJY will fly BGI-KIN from 6 February, departing 1650 arriving 1840, return is following day at 1000 arriving 1350. Flights will be on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and will be operated with the CR7. It seems a little odd to overnight at KIN after only a 2h 50m flight unless the pilots are out of ho...
Jump to postAccording to Gaston Browne the new vision is LIAT 2020 and Air Peace.
Jump to postThere is another report that Cabinet has approved a write-off of $205m which BW owes to AATT, leaving the remaining $35m to be paid by BW. This in turn leaves you to wonder about the state of AATT's finances.
Jump to postIn case anyone was wondering about the state of BW's finances, it's been revealed by the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) that BW is indebted to them in the sum of approximately $35 million (US$5.1m), and has been given a 60-day ultimatum to clear the debt.
Jump to postmean we can't even get regional travel sorted, this is something they could try in a few years I suppose. Also what airline will they use ? I can't see an airline like ET using their metal on an operation like this. If this got off the ground MalaikAir could wet-lease a 763 which was mentioned in t...
Jump to postAs far as I can make out the plan is to use executive jets operated by Bermuda Direct Air Service or ScottsCraft to carry passengers from BDA to Caribbean. I have to say that if I wanted to get from ACC to, say, BGI, I'd rather book UA via IAD or BA via LHR.
Jump to postAs long as I can remember UA has been a bit-part player in the eastern Caribbean although things improved by the acquisition EWR from the CO purchase. Of course IAH-POS was all about oil as will IAH-GEO.
Jump to postTPA and MCO are gateways to tourist destinations with the majority of visitors coming from other states of the US and a lot of international visitors coming from Canada and UK. The Caribbean doesn't figure here.
Jump to postCompensation costs don't matter in the sense that they will be incurred in doing business and are thus budgeted for.
Jump to postHaving grounded its flights in November LIAT has announced that its regular schedule is available from 7 December.
Jump to postA problem for Norse is the competition from VS which operates a daily LHR-MBJ service, although on the return there are five none-5th freedom weekly flights (three routed via NAS and two via PLS). Still, it does enable VS to offer NAS and PLS in competition with BA.
Jump to postNorse Atlantic has spent two years plannung the route but having a load factor of barely 47% to BGI in December must be regarded as quite disappointing. Of course the competition is stiff with BA's 12 weekly flights (seven from LHR and five from LGW) and VS's 11 from LHR.
Jump to postMy recollection is that the winter seasonal LHR-BGI flights using the 744 on Saturdays ended in about March 2004 and since then additional flights have always been with 772s. Incidentally there were also Saturday flights from LHR using Concorde up to around October 2003, so planespotters at BGI were...
Jump to postAnd he had to go through Immigration in order to check in for his AA flight to MIA.
Jump to postRoosevelt Skerrit has reportedly commended Gaston Browne for his efforts to keep LIAT functional, but there is no word on Dominica pledging money to fund LIAT.
Jump to postThe amount of planned investment in Guyana is astounding, so we'll see more people visiting Guyana. If the government can solve the problems of housing and healthcare then some of the diaspora will certainly want to return to Guyana.
Jump to postBW will operate POS-MCO on Saturdays between 16 December and 6 January using to 737 MAX 8. Flights will depart at 0815 arriving 1145, return flights will depart at 1425 arriving 1930. Same-day connections are available in both directions for GEO and BGI.
Jump to postKX flies LAX-GCM on Thursdays and Sundays, nothing to do with GCM-BGI on Wednesdays. However on the Wednesday return from BGI there is a connection to LAX and the layover of 1h 35m at GCM looks OK as I believe that passengers with boarding passes to LAX do not have to clear Immigration and can wait ...
Jump to postLast Wednesday KX inaugurated its weekly nonstop from GCM to BGI using the 737 MAX 8. Departure is at 0700 arriving 3hr 25m later at 1125, return is at 1245 arriving 3 hr 40m later at 1530. The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) has reportedly made a significant financial contribution to gettin...
Jump to postLast Wednesday KX inaugurated its weekly nonstop from GCM to BGI using the 737 MAX 8. Departure is at 0700 arriving 3hr 25m later at 1125, return is at 1245 arriving 3 hr 40m later at 1530. The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) has reportedly made a significant financial contribution to getting...
Jump to postAir Peace is planning second LOS-ANU flight on 30 October for a "five-day business trip to explore the business and tourism sides of the twin-island nation".
Jump to postAs the crew will be out of hours the plane will overnight at YYZ and is scheduled to do a day flight tomorrow, leaving YYZ at 1120 and arriving at LHR at 2320. It's certainly strange.
Jump to postSome years ago (pre-pandemic) my flight arrived in mid-afternoon and we had to wait for a gate to become available. On entering the terminal we (as in hundreds of us) immediately joined a huge immigation queue. I appreciate that there may be little that can be done in the short term to increase gate...
Jump to postBGI is no more a hub than ANU or UVF are hubs for BA. These are just gateways for shuttle flights to other regional countries and in the case of BGI the GND and SVD flights have been bookable since 14 June as they are 5th freedom, but let's not get too carried away.
Jump to postB6 will inaugurate BOS-GND on Saturdays on 4 November using the 321 with Mint service. Departure will be at 0800 arriving 1248, return will be at 1322 arriving 1738. Contrary to what you might expect, these will be year-round and not just winter flights. This will complement the daily JFK-GND servic...
Jump to postI believe that Ryanair is carrying about 12m passengers a year at MAN. Why on earth should BA re-establish a base at MAN and compete against the experts in low-cost flying.
Jump to postHere's something I didn't expect to see, an email referring to today's LGW-UVF flight (continuing to GND). ====== Dear X Thank you for choosing to fly with British Airways. Your flight from London Gatwick tomorrow is busy and we’d like to invite you to check-in compliant hand-baggage free of charge ...
Jump to postGaston Browne says his administration is pushing ahead with plans to launch the LIAT 2020 by November this year, and is prepared to invest between US$15-20 million in the new venture. Negotiations are ongoing with Air Peace for it to take a majority stake in LIAT.
Jump to postIsn't JY either daily or double-daily on BGI-ANU, so this route may not be able to sustain another daily service.
Jump to postI think BA considers a flight to be "on time" if it arrives within 15 minutes of its scheduled arrival time.
Jump to postI'm hearing lots about BA not getting luggage from one side of T5 to the other and cancelling flights all over. A group of friends had their morning GLA-LHR shuttle cancelled on Friday 25th Aug. No alternatives offered by BA until the next day. They had to beg to get transferred onto a Delta flight...
Jump to postBack in the old(ish) days there used to be three daily LI GND-BGI flights.
1. GND-CIW-BGI (morning)
2. GND-TAB-BGI (afternoon)
3. GND-BGI (evening)
My brief experience with all three was that there was a lot of passengers on CIW-BGI and TAB-BGI but little on GND-BGI.
UA has a small Caribbean presence but still has daily IAH-POS. If there is some demand for IAH-GEO then UA will be best placed to make this work by maximising connection possibilities via their huge hub in both directions. Timings can be done in a similar way, i.e. late afternoon departures from IAH...
Jump to postHere's some info on AA's expansion to Caribbean this winter season. Charlotte (CLT) to Eleuthera (ELH), Bahamas Expand to daily flights from February 15 to April 3 Bombardier CRJ 700 Charlotte to Georgetown (GGT), Bahamas Expand to daily flights from February 15 to April 3 Bombardier CRJ 900 Charlot...
Jump to postYes, he's ex-DL but being a pilot doesn't qualify you to be able to start up an airline with aspirations to fly to the US but is based in a country whose CAA is rated only cat 2 by US FAA. And even if he'd managed to get his airline off the ground, he would have been up against AA, B6 and BW who all...
Jump to postIn January 2022 it was reported that Dr Colin Abrams had abandoned his plans to start up Guyana Airways Corporation. This project never looked to me to be a success.
Jump to postSilver Airways starts SJU-ANU and SJU-LRM (4 weekly on both routes) on November 16th. Both routes were formely served by Seaborne with Silver operating ANU before the pandemic. https://www.facebook.com/100064596313637/posts/pfbid02DVNia86pRwqDpu4CnCRRCWzmgcDAwyK4PJnjQ7w9zMENSxU7Mv8swMHXTeVKkQvFl/?m...
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