A cabinet sub-committee now realises that WASA (Water and Sewage Authority) is too expensive to operate, too debilitated to fix and the only answer is to phase it out. This following six consecutive years under the control of a People’s National Movement (PNM) Government and after 56 years as a state company. This is the […]Read More
CARIBBEAN Airlines has lost $738 million for the financial year 2020. It has blamed the Covid-19 pandemic for the loss in its unaudited financial results ending December 31, 2020. The results showed an operating loss, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), of TT$738 million (US$109.2 million) on revenue of TT$802 million (US$118.6 million). In […]Read More
TRAVELLERS between the Caribbean and Canada have new entry requirements. Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is asking its customers to check for eligibility to enter Canada on the airline’s Sherpa tool at https://apply.joinsherpa.com/travel-restrictions?affiliateid=cal or go directly to the Canadian Government’s website https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada.html. In a release on Saturday, it stated, “Kindly note that Caribbean Airlines non-stop flights between […]Read More
PEOPLE within Caribbean Airlines’ (CAL) Loyalty programme Caribbean Miles will now be able to gift miles to family and friends. In a press release on Tuesday, the airline stated that arrangements have been made to have new and enhanced features for members to also purchase miles to boost their own balance and transfer […]Read More
DOMINICA’s Tourism Minister Denise Charles welcomed the first flight of Trinidad and Tobago’s state owned airline Caribbean Airlines into the country on Monday describing the event as a “God Bless Day.” Dominica News Online reported Charles as saying, “It is an excellent day as Minister of Tourism for my staff and I to have […]Read More
CARIBBEAN Airlines launches a service between Barbados and Dominica. The airline stated that the flights will initially operate twice weekly on Saturday and Sunday, increasing to four times weekly by mid-October. In Caribbean Airlines’ CEO Garvin Medera, said: “Our growth in the Eastern Caribbean continues with the start of service between Barbados and Dominica. “Caribbean […]Read More
CARIBBEAN Airlines (CAL) has reduced schedule on the domestic air bridge following the rollback Covid-19 measures announced on Saturday. In a press release issued on Tuesday, Caribbean Airlines stated that only travel for essential services will be allowed. The airline has added additional flights to accommodate such. The public was also reminded that the […]Read More
DURING the first two months of the year before the effects of Covid-19 set in, Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) surpassed its earnings before interest and taxes compared to the same period in 2019. A release on Wednesday said that Caribbean Airlines performance for January and February 2020 surpassed previous year 2019. It noted […]Read More
CARIBBEAN Airlines (CAL) has completed its second phase of repatriation flights allowing for Caribbean nationals to return to their home countries. Scores of nationals, inclusive of stranded Guyanese citizens, were airlifted and reunited with their families and loved ones, on home soil, a release from CAL stated on Saturday. Additionally, some 144 farm workers […]Read More
CARIBBEAN Airlines (CAL) will facilitate the repartition of Trinidad and Tobago University of the West Indies (UWI) students studying in Barbados and Jamaica. The first flight leaves the Norman Manley International Airport on Saturday and the second on Monday from Grantley Adams International Airport. On Wednesday National Security Minister Stuart Young said that these […]Read More
