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January 27th, 2024
WINAIR steps up with more flights to & from VI

BEEF ISLAND, VI - Windward Islands Airways International NV (WINAIR), a government-owned Dutch airline based in Sint Maarten, has stepped up expansion plans as the operations of LIAT has come to an end leaving potential gaps in the regional market.

August 5th, 2022
Regional carrier LIAT 1974 to be liquidated

ST JOHN’S, Antigua- LIAT (1974) Ltd will be liquidated, its major shareholders decided at a meeting held on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, to determine the future of the iconic regional carrier.

January 17th, 2022
InterCaribbean reportedly acquiring LIAT’s planes; hiring pilots

ST JOHN'S, Antigua- InterCaribbean Airways is reportedly moving swiftly to replace LIAT in the Caribbean aviation space.

April 11th, 2021
LIAT suspends services due to volcanic activity

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – LIAT has suspended all flights in the southern part of its network as of Friday, April 9, 2021, due to the volcanic activity in St Vincent.

October 26th, 2020
LIAT returns to the skies Nov 1, 2020; USVI & PR in travel routes

VI CONSORTIUM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda government says the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, which had been grounded since March this year as a result of the measures taken by regional countries to close their borders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, along with the airline's own financial problems, will return to the skies on November 1, 2020.

October 11th, 2020
LIAT could be back in the skies again as early as November

VI CONSORTIUM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, – The cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, which is undergoing a restructuring programme, is likely to return to the skies in November, a senior government minister in Antigua has said.

July 3rd, 2020
BVIAA in 'heightened discussions' to fill void left by LIAT- Bevis A. Sylvester

BEEF ISLAND, VI- With the news that regional carrier LIAT may be liquidated, Chairman of the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA), Mr Bevis A. Sylvester has said the BVIAA is now in heightened discussions with at least two airlines to fill the void.

June 29th, 2020
LIAT to be liquidated!

VI CONSORTIUM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston A. Browne has announced plans to liquidate the regional carrier, LIAT.

June 27th, 2020
LIAT extends suspension of flights through July 15, 2020

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- LIAT‘s commercial passenger services will remain suspended until July 15, 2020, due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has announced.

May 10th, 2019
No official word on LIAT from Sir Richard C.N. Branson received- Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent & The Grenadines- On the heel of reports that British billionaire and [British] Virgin Islands Belonger Sir Richard C. N. Branson has expressed an interest in investing in the cash strapped regional airline, LIAT, Chairman of the LIAT shareholder governments and Primer Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves says he has received no formal expression of interest.

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