Chairman of Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL), George Nicholas, has issued what is being considered a veiled threat to beleaguered regional airline, LIAT.
Mr. Nicholas says CAL will gradually cover the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries with several flights a day.
Aviation pundits are forecasting that LIAT, in its present condition, will not make it past the first quarter of the New Year.
Caribbean Airlines is said to be reluctant to engage LIAT’s owners in any dialogue regarding acquisition or merger, following the lessons learnt from a similar exercise previous to acquiring Air Jamaica.
It appears that the Trinidad and Tobago-owned carrier prefers to play a waiting game and see what the New Year will bring to LIAT.
If LIAT is forced to shut down, CAL, according to Mr. Nicholas’ plans, would be in a position to move in and service its routes.
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