Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is urging the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, to improve its services to passengers saying “there must be a greater sense of humanism” in the way the airline conducts its operations.
Skerrit, speaking on the state-owned DBS radio, was commenting on the decision by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government not to pump additional funds into the airline until it improves its services to the island.
The main shareholder governments of the Antigua-based airline are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Last week, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves held talks with a LIAT management team, headed by the acting Chief Executive Officer, Julie Reifer-Jones, two weeks after his administration wrote the airline demanding talks over what it described as its poor service.
The talks in Kingstown last Wednesday were aimed at resolving “LIAT’s deteriorating service experienced by Vincentians” and in a statement afterwards, Gonsalves highlighted a number of challenges, including the lack of information on delays and cancellation of flights to the travelling public.
Prime Minister Skerrit said Gonsalves has been at the forefront pioneering the support for LIAT over the last 12 years. Earlier this week, St. Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet said his administration is undertaking initiatives to encourage an open sky policy and introduce competition.
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