LIAT 2020 takes to the skies with inaugural passenger flight to Saint Lucia
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![Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston A. Browne, checking in for LIAT 2020's inaugural flight to St Lucia on August 6, 2024. Photo: Facebook.](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_1_1000893039_db3c4330d61dcdbda3e8fc1373330797.jpg)
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LIAT 1974 Ltd has been under administration since July 24, 2020, and the new entity has been formed in partnership with Air Peace, a private Nigerian airline founded in 2013.
The inaugural flight, destined for Saint Lucia, took off at 11:30 am, carrying a group of dignitaries and media representatives. This launch followed a brief opening ceremony where the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston A. Browne, along with other officials, expressed pride in this momentous occasion.
No LIAT flight to the VI for now
LIAT 2020 starts its operations with a fleet of seven aircraft, initially offering a limited schedule of three flights per week between Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, and Barbados.
Earlier this year, Antigua authorities announced that Air Peace would invest close to US$65 million, while the government is contributing US$20 million. This collaboration underscores a significant investment in the future of Caribbean aviation, aiming to restore and enhance regional connectivity.
The [British] Virgin Islands may also be hoping for LIAT 2020 to soon make the territory one of its destinations, considering the many challenges with the regional airlines currently serving the VI.
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14 Responses to “LIAT 2020 takes to the skies with inaugural passenger flight to Saint Lucia”
When we boarded, late, in SKB we were told that we were going to stop in ANU on the way to SXM - ANU is almost exactly the opposite direction.
We were told not to worry about making the connection to EIS in SXM because we would be on the same place and it could not go without us.
After a 60 min delay in ANU we arrived in SKB to be told that our plane to EIS had left without us, but that there was another one in 7 hours time.
8 hours later we boarded the plane in SXM expecting to go to EIS, only to be told that we were going to stop in ANU on the way - almost an hours flight in the wrong direction.
Eventually we made it to EIS almost 12 hours late.
No apology, and no response to my complaint.
Give me Intercaribbean any day instead of WinAir.
As a matter of fact ah you not paying any debt. What about the ($10,000,000) that Dominica put into Liat to help save them when some of the other islands were refusan but they were stiil
leaving them straded in Antigua.