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President, PM meet Caribbean Airlines officials

Jul 09, 2009 News

As relayed by Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, at his post-Cabinet press briefing on June 24, President Bharrat Jagdeo and Prime Minister Samuel Hinds met with officials from Caribbean Airlines at State House yesterday to discuss the airline’s airfare structure and its customer service.
Dr. Luncheon had said that Cabinet was unhappy with the cost of international airfare for travelling from Guyana, and the Administration would be meeting with the airline carriers to express its concerns.
“It was pointed out at Cabinet that Caribbean Airlines would have grave difficulties in explaining how the cost of an airfare from Trinidad to JFK in New York could compare so unfavourably with the airfare from Georgetown to New York or even Georgetown to Trinidad,” Dr. Luncheon stated.
The group of Caribbean Airlines officials who attended the meeting were Philip Saunders, Chief Executive Officer (CEO); Professor Jean-Frédéric Mognetti, Strategic Advisor to the Board of Directors and the CEO; Robert Corbie, Commercial Vice President; Dayanand Birju, Director, Network and Revenue Management; and Carlton De Four, the Guyana General Manager.
Prime Minister Hinds explained that the meeting went well, with the Caribbean Airlines officials explaining that they have a flexible price structure, with a range of prices from which customers can choose, depending on the services they require.
“They hope to get back to a situation where international flights to Guyana cost maybe only US$60 more than the same flight to Trinidad,” the Prime Minister stated.
This means that a flight from, for example, New York to Guyana would only cost US$60 more than a flight from New York to Trinidad
Saunders explained that his company is extremely committed to the Guyana. “We work very hard to provide, I think, an excellent service and very good value for money and I think today’s meeting has helped us build further on that platform,” he said.
He also stated that the President and Prime Minister had raised the issue of the service provided Guyanese, travelling on to New York and other destinations, at Piarco Airport in Trinidad, and explained “that’s something we’ll act on and (see) how we can continue to enhance our in-flight service”. (GINA)

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