Grenada’s Prime Minister Voices Concern over LIAT

Prime Minister Keith Mitchell told LIAT’s CEO on Thursday that he is committed to the success and survival of the airline but had serious concerns about the way the service is being operated.

During a meeting at his office in Grenada, Prime Minister Mitchell told LIAT CEO Mark Darby that the current monopoly arrangement which LIAT enjoys was not necessarily working in the best interest of the traveling public.

According to a statement from the prime minister’s office, Mitchell identified the unavailability of flights, the unreliability of services and the sharp increase in fares as the main problems passengers were facing.

He told the CEO of LIAT that Grenada was being badly affected by this problem and recounted tourism figures, which showed a significant decline in intra-regional travel to Grenada in the last year.

Prime Minister Mitchell gave the government’s commitment to assist in making LIAT more reliable and is prepared to invest in LIAT once assurances could be given of improved service.

“We are prepared to work with LIAT in finding a solution. I am sure that if we can make flights cheaper and more available between Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago and others, this will greatly ease some of the burden our people are experiencing,” he said.