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LIAT

IATA Code
LI
ICAO Code
LIA
Corporate Address
V.C. Bird International Airport
Coolidge
Antigua
Website
http://www.liatairline.com
Main hub
Antigua Vere Cornwall Bird International Airport
Country
Antigua and Barbuda
Business model
Regional/Commuter

LIAT is a regional Caribbean airline based at VC Bird International Airport, Antigua, with smaller bases in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. LIAT operates scheduled, charter and cargo island-island services to over 20 destinations across the Caribbean using Bombardier Dash 8 equipment. The airline is owned by seven Caribbean governments.

Location of LIAT main hub (Antigua Vere Cornwall Bird International Airport)

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REDjet’s woes show unwillingness of Caribbean countries to liberalise

21-Mar-12 4:15 PM

REDjet’s failure to execute a low-cost model in the Caribbean reflects the long-standing realities of governments in the region refusing to fully liberalise to allow any meaningful competition in the market.

The Barbados-based carrier began 2012 with ambitious plans to add up to eight new destinations and end the year with 14 points in its network potentially spanning the Caribbean, northern South America and possibly central America.

See related article: Lack of liberalisation in the Caribbean poses major roadblock to REDjet expansion

But REDjet’s ambitions to establish a true Pan-Caribbean airline vanished less than a year after its launch as the carrier claimed subsidised carriers undercut its fares, which REDjet during the lead-up to its May-2011 debut claimed were 65% lower than what rivals were charging.

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