With the procedural details associated with the launch of a commercial airline route between Guyana and Cuba having finally been expedited by the Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics (IACC), Guyana’s Ambassador to Cuba, Halim Majeed has said that tourism is likely to be one of the prime beneficiaries of the new service when it is launched later this month.
“We have a large diaspora in Canada and, as far as we understand, Guyanese-Canadians will come to Cuba and spend one week, then go to Guyana to spend another week, come back to Cuba and spend another week, and then return to Canada,” Majeed said.
On Saturday, Guyanese and Cuban officials gathered in Havana to mark what resident representative of Fly Jamaica-Air Guyana in Cuba, Lindbergh Smith said was the conclusion of a critical phase of an initiative that had gotten underway just over three years ago. He said that beyond the strengthening of bilateral ties between Georgetown and Havana the introduction of the new service would “strengthen Caribbean integration in terms of air transport, tourism and multi-destination travel and foster trade and commerce across the region.”
