Georgetown: Guyana Aruba Airlines officially touched down at 11: 45 am on Sunday with 150 passengers and departed Guyana back to Aruba.
Oranjestad-based Aruba Airlines applied to the aviation authorities in Guyana to operate weekly flights between the two destinations.
According to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) , the airline , which operates several Airbus aircraft , has applied to operate a scheduled service of direct flights between Guyana and Aruba starting in July. The airline operates under the name Arubaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. It has applied for a one-year licence to operate flights daily except Fridays. The times planned by the airline are: departure from Aruba at 09:30hrs with arrival in Guyana at 11:45hrs. The flights will then depart Guyana at 12:45hrs midday and arrive in Aruba at 15:00hrs.
Air travel to Guyana has increased in recent years between destinations in the region and the Cheddi Jagan international Airport (CJIA).
There has been a growing business interest in these shores and weekly dozens of travellers from Latin American destinations as well as Cuba and the Dutch Caribbean have been travelling to these shores on airlines such as COPA Airlines and EasySky, the latter which operate direct flights between Havana and the CJIA. The development has attracted the attention of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). At a recent press briefing, GCCI’s Executive Director, Kirk Hollingsworth, said the body is engaging their Cuban counterparts to develop a structured business relationship between the two countries.
Aruba Airlines was founded in 2006; its network includes Venezuela, several cities in Cuba and Miami. There is good traffic between Guyana and Cuba and, Aruba Airlines will haul in more traffic between Guyana and Cuba. This increase in travel will lead to an increase in foreign currency, especially from the Cubans who travel to Guyana on a regular basis Field stated.
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