Way paved for Guyana, Qatar to collaborate on air services

Sep 27, 2019 News

There is an opportunity for Guyana to benefit from trade and direct links to the Persian Gulf area.

Signing: The agreement was signed by Abdulla Nasser Turki Al Subaey, President, Qatar Civil Aviation Authority and Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Egbert Field, Director General, Guyana Civil Aviation Authority. Witnessing it were Minister of Transport and Communications, Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, Chairman of the GCAA Board of Directors, Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Lawrence London.

Qatar Airways, one of the biggest airlines from the Gulf, is to begin operations to Guyana.

On Tuesday, Guyana signed an Air Services Agreement with the State of Qatar to promote and facilitate airlines of Guyana and Qatar to operate any number of services between both countries as well as beyond to any third country, with no restrictions on capacity, frequency, aircraft type and routing.
Oil-rich Qatar is one of the richest countries in the world.
According to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the agreement will create new opportunities for air carriers, enable greater movement of people and goods between the two countries, and benefit the economies and businesses.
The agreement was signed by the two heads of the respective civil aviation authorities – Abdulla Nasser Turki Al Subaey, President, Qatar Civil Aviation Authority and Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Egbert Field, A.A, Director General, Guyana Civil Aviation Authority.
The signing was done on the sidelines of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) 40th General Assembly, Montreal, Canada.
Witnessing the signature were the Minister of Transport and Communications, Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, Chairman of the GCAA Board of Directors, Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Lawrence London, A.A and other members of both delegations.
According to the GCAA, the agreement complements the more than 50 Air Services Agreements Guyana has established with other ICAO States for the development of the airlink among States.
“It is a closer step in the realisation of a strong and reliable gulf carrier operating flights to Georgetown.”
The agreement will pave the way for Qatar Airways, which is headquartered in Qatar and is one of the world’s largest airlines, to come to Guyana. That airline operates a hub-and-spoke network, linking over 172 international destinations across the world, using a fleet of more than 250 aircraft.
The cargo arm of the airline; Qatar Airways Cargo is the world’s third largest international cargo carrier.
In the coming months, a delegation from Qatar will be visiting Guyana to explore business opportunities in the aviation sector to establish a presence in Guyana and to strengthen the Caribbean and Latin America network.
In recent years, with the emerging oil and gas sector, there have been a number of new airlines taking up the Guyana route.

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