Roraima Airways turns 21

Gerry Gouveia in a contemplative mood as Roriama Airways celebrates its twenty-first birthday.

The growth and development of Roraima Airways has been a function of the focus and commitment of a man who concedes that he was not “born a businessman” and that he has “never really become preoccupied with measuring profits.”

Captain Gerry Gouveia says he feels “privileged”, to have been able to use the private sector to pay what he regards as his “dues” to his country. “Guyana made me what I am and Roraima Airways has been my way of paying Guyana back,” he says.

On the evening of this interview, Gouveia was in a subdued mood, a function, he said of a sudden and violent attack of