Gov’t in talks with UAE for new airline

Public Works minister Robeson Benn with the Guyana/UAE delegation negotiating the air service agreement between the two countries.

Government is in talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to negotiate a an air service agreement that will see at least one of the territory’s three major flag carriers operating flights to Guyana in the near future.

On Tuesday, a delegation from the UAE met with local officials in the conference room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a report from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.

The local delegation comprised Zulfikar Mohamed, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Hugh Denbow, GCAA Board Chairman, Amanza Desir, GCAA General Counsel, Saheed Sulaman, Air Transport Officer from the