A delay in getting critical information from Barbadian authorities is what Jamaican civil aviation authorities are now blaming for the hold up in approving REDjet’s Kingston flights.
Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority, Colonel Oscar Derby, provided that update in an interview with Power 106 News yesterday.
“We thought we would have had the information some time ago but it is now two weeks and it is still not with us, so we are hoping that it will be with us sooner rather than later,” he told the radio station.
“We have made several checks and we are told that the information is being prepared to be sent to us but it just has not come as yet. We have not said yes and we have not said no as yet because we just have not been able to end the process,” Colonel Derby added.
Announced dates for a decision to be made have repeatedly passed with no word from the Jamaican authorities.
Before now, the latest explanation had been that they were waiting for the Air Jamaica/Caribbean Airlines deal to be finalised. That deal was sealed on May 26.
REDjet is also still awaiting word on the reason for the hold up in starting its Trinidad service.
With only the Barbados-Guyana route being serviced, the airline last Friday began laying off cabin crew members. A total of eight of them have been “removed from active duty” between then and Monday, at least until REDjet is able to commence its full schedule of flights.
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