The Grenada Postal Company (GPC) says it has suspended mail supply service to Canada and the Caribbean for the Christmas season blaming a scarcity of air cargo transportation from Grenada.
GPC mentioned it hopes it’s hoping for a return of regular service by mid-January 2023.
“Proper now, we use business carriers for the service however due to the rise in passengers touring with the airline we use, there isn’t a room for finishing up mail, precedence with the airline is for passenger’s baggage,” mentioned Genelle Bowen, the advertising and communications buyer relations officer.
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Mail supply service to the Caribbean and Canada was a assured service the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT provided to the GPC earlier than 2020. Although LIAT has resumed service with restricted flights to Grenada it’s unable to proceed the mail-carrying and supply service.
The present association is with American Airways. Bowen defined that mail from Grenada to the affected jurisdictions should first go to the USA earlier than it reaches its ultimate supposed vacation spot.
“It subsequently signifies that mails are taking longer to reach and having acquired discover that the passenger’s baggage is the precedence, we can’t assure when mails will probably be delivered, so that’s the reason the service is suspended,” she mentioned.
It was additionally defined that mail from the UK will probably be affected due to deliberate industrial motion.
Airport employees working for the U.Okay. Border Pressure are as a consequence of stroll out from December 23 to 26, and once more from December 28 to New 12 months’s Eve. It’ll impression companies on the U.Okay.’s busiest airport, London Heathrow, in addition to London Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, and Glasgow.
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