CJIA to close nightly from Oct 13 – Nov 2

Georgetown: The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) airport will be closed to operations between 18:00hrs and 0600hrs from Friday October 13 through November 2.

This is according to a bulletin issued by the Air Traffic Services of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to airlines on Tuesday.

In light of the scheduled closure of the CJIA, unconfirmed reports are that regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), is considering the operation of night flights into the Eugene F Correia International Airport at Ogle using its smaller ATR-72 aircraft during the period. Expansion works at the CJIA are expected to be completed by December.