The Guyana Cultural Association of New York…..says THANK YOU!
We, the members of the Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc. express our sincere thanks to all who helped to make our 2015 Guyana Folk Festival season a success. There were more attendees at all of the events—the Awards Ceremony, Kwe Kwe Night, the Literary Hang and Family Fun Day. More than 11,000 attended the annual Family Fun Day 2015 in Brooklyn. This represented a 22 percent increase over 2014’s. Thank you, Brooklyn!
The increased presence of visitors from Guyana, as well as displays of art and products manufactured there made Folk Festival 2015 memorable. This year, GCA was pleased to welcome Honorable Cathy Hughes, Minister of Tourism. In addition, to hosting an exhibition on Guyana’s tourism product and showcasing Guyanese food and beverages at Family Fun Day, Minister Hughes attended Kwe Kwe Night and the Literary Hang. Continue reading →
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JetBlue eyes future Guyana market
By Ray Chickrie – Caribbean News Now contributor – August 26, 2015
NEW YORK, USA — The Guyanese public has been using Facebook and other social media outlets to lobby JetBlue to enter the Guyana market especially, since JetBlue commenced services to Trinidad, airfares from New York and Florida to that Caribbean island are as low as US$300 round trip from New York City.
A very large Guyanese community exists in the East Coast of the United States, who have faced “fly-by- night” airlines and exorbitant airfares to their native country for the past three decades. However, if JetBlue adds Guyana to its extensive Caribbean network, it could be a game changer. Continue reading →
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Posted in Business, Guyana, International News, Transportation
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Also tagged Barbados/Guyana route, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), Caribbean network, Copa, cost of jet fuel, Flyallways Airways, Insel, JetBlue, regional carrier LIAT, Surinam Airlines
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GUYANA: Capitol TV News Videos – 12 June 2015
- Guyana seeks outside help to curb Venezuelan aggression
- Re Venezuela: Guyana acted correctly says Rear Admiral Gary Best
- Transition going smooth for new Government
- Euro money for Caribbean
- Fly Jamaica helps out
- Make schools safer says teachers
- Sports
Click Links below to view the videos:- Continue reading →
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IATA partner deems Fly Jamaica fastest growing airline in local market
Fly Jamaica
Capacity within the Guyanese aviation sector is said to have grown by 12 percent in 2014, while Jamaica-based airline, Fly Jamaica, is said to be the fastest growing airline on the local scene.
According to an examination by Innovata; a partner of International Air Transport Association (IATA) involved in travel related content management and content distribution, Guyana has been featured as having a capacity of around 460,000 one-way seats offered on services involving Guyanese airports this year. This, it was reported, represents “a double-digit increase of 12 percent over the previous year.”
Both the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and Ogle International was said to have registered capacity increases when compared to 2013 figures. Ogle doubled its annual capacity, while Cheddi Jagan posted a 9.6 percent growth.
The rapid expansion, the international site indicated, results from LIAT’s decision to move all of its Cheddi Jagan operations to the Ogle airport.
Read more: http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2014/10/17/iata-partner-deems-fly-jamaica-fastest-growing-airline-in-local-market/
TravelSpan all set for mid-December return
November 3, 2013 | BY
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Guyana is on track for additional flights on the New York/Guyana route from mid-December,
The company’s President, Nohar Singh, speaking with Kaieteur News on Friday November 1st, 2013 from New York, disclosed that interviews have already started to hire flight attendants with the final paperwork for permission to be submitted to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) this week. The training for the attendants will begin on November 11.
TravelSpan’s President, Nohar Singh (right)
The additional flights would be more than welcome by Guyanese who have been facing high fares over the past year. Two airlines, Redjet and EzJet, folded spectacularly last year, leaving only Delta and Caribbean Airlines. Continue reading →
US says ‘No’ to Fly Jamaica, Caribbean Airlines direct GEO-NY flights
Tuesday, 01 October 2013 – Demerara Waves
The United States Department of Transportation (Dot) has denied requests Caribbean Airlines and Fly Jamaica to fly direct from Georgetown to New York, saying the carriers did not provide compelling evidence that doing so will be in the public’s interest.
“In light of these existing Georgetown-New York services and the lack of a showing by the applicants on the record that there is a truly demonstrable need for additional Georgetown-New York services, we are unable to find that the CAL and Fly Jamaica seventh freedom turnaround proposals satisfy our public interest test for the type of extraordinary authority at issue,’ states the order dated September 30.
The Guyana government had hoped that the granting of flag carrier statuses to Caribbean Airlines and Fly Jamaica would have aided those airlines in offering cheaper direct flights from Georgetown to New York. Continue reading →
– Complaints also levelled against Caribbean Airlines (CAL), LIAT, Eastern Airlines
CANGO – Canada-Guyana Outreach Mission to Guyana – Report for October 19. 2018
Yvonne, Cyril and Judy – part of the organizing team, have arrived safely in Guyana. Thanks to Roxanne Reece, Lawrence Kanhai, Anna French, Nadine Hing and the staff and crew at Fly Jamaica for helping us transport the wheelchairs, IV pole and numerous bags for the mission. We had a small glitch with customs when we arrived in Guyana, but eventually everything sorted itself out and after a few hours were transported to Georgetown accompanied by Delroy from the Ministry of P…
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