A new LIAT is underway, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, and the CFA Global a subsidiary of Caribbean Tourism Group (CTG), a private regional company involved in investments in travel, tourism, and aviation.<\/p>\n
Under the just signed memorandum, CTG T\/A \u201cLIAT International\u201d will deploy a fleet of small, medium, and large aircrafts, including Airbus A330, Airbus A320 and ATRs, in passenger service to the Caribbean and South America, along with international travel routes from Europe.<\/p>\n
The memorandum for a partnership agreement on the operation of the new Antigua-based LIAT International was signed in St John\u2019s on Friday between Lenox Weston, Minister of Works and Finance of Antigua and Barbuda and the Chairman of CTG Mr. Ma Chao.<\/p>\n
The MOU is in keeping with a commitment from the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to ensure the restructuring and return to commercial service of regional airline, LIAT 2020.<\/p>\n
Central to the plan is developing international routes that will bring tourists and businesspersons from Asia and other parts of the world to the Caribbean, using Antigua as a gateway.<\/p>\n
One of the proposed routes is from Frankfurt, Germany to Antigua, which could become a viable connection for visitors from China now that a visa-waiver agreement between\u00a0China and Antigua is set to be signed.<\/p>\n
This visa-waiver would mean that Chinese citizens do not need visas to travel to the Caribbean nation and can reach the region in the shortest time in transit through Frankfurt.<\/p>\n
On arrival in Antigua, the passengers will then have the option, using\u00a0LIAT 2020 or LIAT International routes, to travel to various other Caribbean countries.<\/p>\n
CTG says this will help promote the economic development of Antigua and benefit the rest of the member-states of the Caribbean Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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