Gouveia says Ogle attracting investment but management ‘dysfunctional’

Roraima’s 18-seater Trislander Aircraft with Captain Gerry Gouveia (Jr) standing next to it.

Even as investors continue to show an “aggressive interest” in positioning the Ogle International Airport to accelerate the growth of the country’s aviation sector, the facility, which is being operated by the company Ogle Airport Inc under lease from the Government of Guyana, has become afflicted by a “seriously dysfunctional” management regime which, if not corrected “will compromise all of the hard work that has been done over the years to build Ogle,” Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways Captain Gerry Gouveia has said.

On Monday, Roraima held a commissioning ceremony for its British-manufactured 18-seater Trislander aircraft, the acquisition of which, coupled with the creation of hangar facilities, amounts to a Roraima Airways investment of US$2.5 million. Speaking to Stabroek Business afterwards, Gouveia said he had grown