Does anyone know the situation in Guyana as regards Covid protocols? I kinda wanna go next month. I want to visit the interior so if anyone has tips on that I am open! You must have a PCR test within 7 days of arrival. If the PCR test is more than 3 days old on arrival then you will have to have on...
Jump to postThey only added the stop in SJU during Jan/Feb. From March GEO-JFK with B6 is back direct. I'm also not sure where the author of the article found a source saying that Silver is stopping SJU-SXM because they aren't. Dont see why Silver would drop STT given that its one of their best route out of SJ...
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 postFlew 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?
Jump to postTaken from the VS thread: https://demerarawaves.com/2020/11/04/virgin-atlantic-other-airlines-apply-to-fly-to-guyana-two-hotels-near-cji-airport-also-on-cards/ VS has apparently applied to start flights to GEO. Quite surprising IMO as: a) that market isn’t big b) VS usually focuses on the more tour...
Jump to postJetBlue will this Friday inaugurate its 4x weekly JFK-GEO flights using the 321, departing 1540 and arriving 5h 33m later at 2213. The return flights depart at 2359 arriving 0456 the next day. Eastern Airlines and Caribbean Airlines also operate nonstops on this route. American is selling nonstop t...
Jump to postInter Caribbean Airways applies to Guyana Government for permission to operate here. https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/03/02/news/guyana/turks-and-caicos-airline-seeking-to-operate-here/ Status of Cat 1. https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2020/01/30/guyana-ready-for-category-1-status-but-independent...
Jump to postAir Demerara files Letter of Intent in Guyana.
https://guyanachronicle.com/2020/02/23/ ... al-service
Lots of helos in OGL these days. Bristow has about 5-6 AgustaWestland AW139’s and at least 1 Sikorsky S-92. Now I saw a Sikorsky S-76D flown in from POS reg # 9Y-MAD. Oil and gas support. https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/sikorsky-s-76d-proving-value-in-guyana-offshore-operations/ Do you l...
Jump to postLots of helos in OGL these days. Bristow has about 5-6 AgustaWestland AW139’s and at least 1 Sikorsky S-92. Now I saw a Sikorsky S-76D flown in from POS reg # 9Y-MAD. Oil and gas support. https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/sikorsky-s-76d-proving-value-in-guyana-offshore-operations/ Do you l...
Jump to postLots of helos in OGL these days. Bristow has about 5-6 AgustaWestland AW139’s and at least 1 Sikorsky S-92. Now I saw a Sikorsky S-76D flown in from POS reg # 9Y-MAD. Oil and gas support.
https://www.verticalmag.com/press-relea ... perations/
Flew AA1512/1513 GEO-MIA within the past 2 weeks. Outgoing and incoming were full to capacity. AA must be pleased with this flight.
Jump to postGovernment of Guyana signed an air services agreement with Qatar Airways. The government is touting it as an indication that Qatar will begin flying to Guyana.
https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/n ... ar-airways
Most recent full year visitor arrivals number for Guyana here: https://www.guyanatourism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Guyana-Statistical-Digest-2018.pdf As can be seen, US arrivals are up 8.3% but that’s primarily due to gains made from Texas (up 54.8%) and Florida (up 24.5%). Effects of AA’s MIA...
Jump to postMost recent full year visitor arrivals number for Guyana here: https://www.guyanatourism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Guyana-Statistical-Digest-2018.pdf As can be seen, US arrivals are up 8.3% but that’s primarily due to gains made from Texas (up 54.8%) and Florida (up 24.5%). Effects of AA’s MIA...
Jump to postTrans Guyana Airways just started an OGL-PBM Sundays and Mondays to connect with KLM’s PBM-AMS. Equipment is their Beechcraft 1900D. They are touting a 12 hour OGL-AMS.
Jump to postA few inaccuracies. Although the Guyanese in NYC are 2nd and 3rd gen, they do travel regularly to Guyana. They are American enough not to worry about hot meals, more so than the older gen, so the complaints will be from the older folks. Price is key to Guyanese VFR, then the next priority is luggage...
Jump to postI think that the grounding of the 737 MAX planes was a major reason behind AA reducing POS to 2 daily from 3 this summer. Remember that POS was a headline MAX route for the airline and the grounding left them scrambling to reshuffle craft to routes across the network. The third frequency thus becam...
Jump to postAdverts for B6 in the local media says $550 rtn and $320 o/w. Last price on BW was $850 rtn. AA was $750 geo-ewr rtn via Mia.
Jump to postAA MIA-GEO is bookable on their website daily from May 2019 thru the end of the year. Same A319. Fares have been reduced substantially. One of Guyana's dailies says OJ is looking to return mid March 2019.
Jump to postThe few reasons I have not used BW recently, the a/c are dated and the IFE is non existent. I hope that has changed with the streaming IFE. Flying via OGL is easier as I can leave 1 hour before the flight and get there with time to spare. I get a good reason to stop over/visit friends in BGI and POS...
Jump to postCubans are required to go to the US Embassy in GEO for their immigrant visa interviews. Another reason they go to GEO.
Jump to postCMs GEO works heavily because of the Cuban market as well as travel from non gateway US cities, and even from NYC when the fares are competitive. Had an associate that used a travel site, Travelocity, or one of those, booked MIA-GEO and the site just fed him CM. He paid premium and had a long fligh...
Jump to postJetBlue applies to fly to Guyana, see link:
https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019 ... -ferguson/
Although there is no refinery there is slated to be traffic, with predictions of about 200,000 expats by 2022. Most of the staffing will be foreign.
Jump to postI don't know it was a one time thing, but I never saw it and I travelled with them regularly during that time. At the time GAC used 707s and noise abatement laws ended use of that a/c. I know they leased a TU-154 from Tarom, as they had a TU-154M on order new. The received the 154M but it was damage...
Jump to postUA seems to be interested in serving GEO mainly based on the emerging energy bonanza that GEO is about to become. BW seems to be missing the boat. IAH-POS seemed worth a try with connections to GEO and PBM to block a potential UA entry and gain market share before the other majors swoop in when the...
Jump to postAnyone knows how the new airport runway and terminal coming along in guyana? https://www.facebook.com/cjairport/ Check out their facebook page. As far as I know they tested the 2 jetbridges with a BW flight, but I don't know if they are fully operational yet. The northern runway extension was suppo...
Jump to postAs diminished as it might be due to the drop in oil prices, the T&T economy remains quite robust and businesses (albeit not all) are stronger today than they were two or three years ago. . Cheers, AA1818 While all of that is true it still doesn't explain why PY didn't add service on the POS CUR...
Jump to postI agree that JetBlue will not have a problem filling seats, but to GEO, some people given a cheap seat with 2 free suitcases vs 1 free and pay for 1, Dynamic will win. Guyanese still bring the everything including the kitchen sink although everything is available in Guyana. They will complain about...
Jump to posthard to see how that's viable if JetBlue starts service from JFK. I remember seeing them one year while I was flying out of T7. They were still long lines checking in at midnight. Don't see how that could compete if B6 gets going. The one advantage they have over Jetblue will be the ability to carr...
Jump to postbeeweel15 wrote:Dynamic now Eastern. I wonder if they will be coming back to Guyana.
[quote="guyanam"]AA has only now submitted its application for proposed GEO service.[/quote:
Yep. Here is the link:
https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/news/ ... a-flights/
guyanam wrote:AA also tries to fill its MIA route from feeder cities. Often these fares are only slightly higher than the MIA O&D fare. Competition on MIA O&D seems to be a huge factor.
I wonder if this (the fact that sales seem to be suspended in the interim) will delay the startup or if it will still be in December? The head of the GCAA seems to be in a reconcilatory mode since his last statement, so it seems he is anxious to get AA here on schedule. God forbid he causes AA to c...
Jump to postThe local newspapers are reporting that AA will meet with GCAA in June, and the Head says it should take about a month to process their application to GEO. I wonder if this (the fact that sales seem to be suspended in the interim) will delay the startup or if it will still be in December? The head ...
Jump to postThe local newspapers are reporting that AA will meet with GCAA in June, and the Head says it should take about a month to process their application to GEO.
Jump to postDavid Patterson Guyana's Public Infrastructure minister says another US airline is interested in starting December 2018 MIA-GEO and New York-GEO. Since it is most likely JetBlue he probably means FLL-GEO, and JFK-GEO. If it is JetBlue then they would have to use the A321 on the JFK-GEO route. Link: ...
Jump to postBW sent me an email that they are starting "even more space" similar to JetBlue, from rows 4 to 10 and charging for it. I guess they are going to reconfigure the interior of the 738s. Still they need to fix up their interiors.
Jump to postI just arrived at EWR and our JetBlue parked alongside TF-ICE and I was wondering if this was the first flight, now it is confirmed. The a/c looked awesome. Just next to it was Lufthansa A350. Beautiful.
Jump to post18:00 departure from MIA to GEO is not a good time. Arriving at 23:40 is a very bad time. Guyanese don’t like arriving to GEO at that time. Guyanese like to arrive in the morning so they can have a running start for business and driving home In the day light. Some people have to drive 2-3 hrs and d...
Jump to postWith the United Airlines BGI-EWR seasonal service, I will be flying LI to BGI and connect with that flight later this month. OGL is a sweet option as I can get there 1 hour prior to departure compared to GEOs 3 hours.
Jump to postIf Guyanese don't like the schedule, they have got alternatives: PY (three times a week, two arriving at 2200, one at 2245) and BW (daily one-stop via POS arriving 2150). And if these alternatives still don't look that good, well that's just the way it is. Guyana is a small market, so no airline is...
Jump to post18:00 departure from MIA to GEO is not a good time. Arriving at 23:40 is a very bad time. Guyanese don’t like arriving to GEO at that time. Guyanese like to arrive in the morning so they can have a running start for business and driving home In the day light. Some people have to drive 2-3 hrs and d...
Jump to postWhy would AA chose such inhumane flight times in and out of GEO? Why don't they do daylight flight times like other Caribbean destinations? A388 GEO is too far. Their morning flights leave MIA after 1030AM and return by 730PM. They cannot do this for GEO. Given that its a less than daily flight the...
Jump to postAA is switching most Caribbean routes to the 737Max which does not have in seat IFE so BW would be fine in this regard other than the POS-TAB route is BW really needed? Apparently you can use your phone or tablet to access American's IFE. So again they will be more than BW is offering. BW has to im...
Jump to postI flew on BW GEO-MIA and then AA MIA-EWR and return last week. AA is miles above BW now, with their IFE and newer aircraft. BWs a/c are old and dated. Their IFE is a tiny overhead screen that you can't see. With Liat starting OGL-POS shortly, BW has a lot to be worried about with their GEO service....
Jump to postI flew on BW GEO-MIA and then AA MIA-EWR and return last week. AA is miles above BW now, with their IFE and newer aircraft. BWs a/c are old and dated. Their IFE is a tiny overhead screen that you can't see. With Liat starting OGL-POS shortly, BW has a lot to be worried about with their GEO service.
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