Guyana welcomes inaugural British Airways flight
Guyana on Monday night time welcomed the arrival of the British Airways flight from London with the federal government saying it underscores its aggressive policy-driven strategy to growth and heavy investments.
“Connecting the world to Guyana stays a precedence of this authorities. We see Guyana as an energetic a part of a world journey community, and we’re frequently participating main airways with a view to encouraging them to serve this vacation spot.
“Our pursuit of airline connectivity is a part of a wider strategic financial goal to make Guyana simply and affordably accessible to all enterprise in all sectors, together with the leisure and pleasure journey sector,” mentioned Tourism, Business and Commerce Minister, Oneidge Walrond, including that the introduction of the flights presents a myriad of alternatives for Guyana.
Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill, advised the welcoming ceremony that “we’re rising, and we’ll proceed to develop. So, there are two issues we’re doing. We’re increasing services on the airport, and we’re rising routes”.
Minister inside the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, mentioned “Guyanese ought to be proud that what we have now now could be an surroundings that may carry extra plane from completely different locations.
“For an funding resolution to fly the Guyana route, it took some quantity of doing, some quantity of calculation, and a few quantity of confidence in Guyana, and I’m hoping that different airways observe swimsuit as British Airways did to fly this route,” mentioned Indar.
Among the many passengers on the inaugural flight on the Cheddi Jagan Worldwide Airport,
have been the UK’s Minister for the Caribbean and the Americas, David Rutley, and St. Lucia’s Tourism, Funding, Artistic Industries, Tradition and Info, Dr. Ernest Hilaire.
Hilaire mentioned the return of British Airways to Guyana – United Kingdom (UK) route is a win for Caribbean integration.
“We got here to rejoice you receiving this flight… I can’t recall a direct flight from Guyana to St Lucia, so similar to it is a milestone for you, the flight returning is a milestone of St Lucia,” Hilaire mentioned as he pointed to the brand new potentialities for people-to-people and tourism exchanges.
The airline will service the route twice weekly with one cease in St Lucia.
Final final 12 months, London introduced that Guyanese nationals could be allowed visa-free entry into the European nation for as much as 180 days.
Rutley mentioned he could be utilizing his go to right here to “launch a brand new chamber of commerce as properly which can then assist to cement these relationships on the enterprise stage.”
UK Excessive Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller mentioned the inaugural flight will not be solely the fruits of exhausting work on the enterprise and diplomatic ranges but in addition a private win for therefore many individuals.
“It feels transformational. It’s an enormous step for me each personally and professionally,” she mentioned.
The brand new group, BritCham Guyana says it is going to foster an open networking surroundings the place firms can have interaction and talk about points impacting their companies and UK-Guyana commerce.
“We want to congratulate BritCham Guyana and we stay up for working with the crew,” mentioned Anne-Marie Martin, Director of Membership UK & Worldwide on the British Chambers of Commerce.
“BritCham Guyana affords a possibility to carry collectively a wealthy and various community of UK buyers, exports, and companies with sturdy governance, world-class requirements, and expertise that complement the ambitions of Guyana’s enterprise group by means of long-term and sustainable partnerships,” Miller added.
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