Flying to expand.....

 

CAL flying to expand …

Caribbean Airlines to buy three more Max 8 Aircraft

 

 

 

 

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is expected to present a strategic plan to the Cabinet before the end of this month in which the company will tell government about its plans to expand its operations, to increase connectivity to Trinidad and Tobago and throughout the region.

 

 

 

Figures provided to the Express Business by the Airport’s Authority for the month of February, leading up to this year’s Carnival, show the number of flights coming to Trinidad and Tobago from all destinations decreased by a massive 46 per cent. There were 408 flights this year as compared to 760 in 2020. It must be noted that on both years Carnival fell almost on the same date and therefore the peak demand period was the same.

As Liat no longer has service in 2023 as compared to 2020 when all its flights were functional and provided much connectivity to the rest of the region.

American Airlines operates one turnaround flight per day versus 2020 when it operated one turnaround and one overnight flight. JetBlue has pulled its Ft Lauderdale route and now operates only one flight compared to 2020 when there were two flights per day. West Jet and Air Canada no longer fly to Trinidad compared to in 2020 when they operated pre-Covid.

Source: Reuters