Take off not yet in sight for new int’l carriers

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Travellers may not get relief from spiraling airfares for flights in and out of Guyana anytime soon as legal action in the US has effectively grounded Fly Jamaica’s planned launch of direct flights between Georgetown and New York, while the other prospective carrier Fly Guyana is yet to formally apply to begin operations.

Fly Jamaica airlines had anticipated making its inaugural Georgetown to New York flight on Aug 6th but it can now give no definitive fly date as litigation in US courts by Airlines For America (A4A) and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has put an indefinite hold on the go ahead from the Department of Transportation (DOT).

“Everything from the local end is completed but I have no information on when they