(Barbados Nation) Low-cost carrier REDjet is yet to receive official clearance from the Trinidad and Tobago government, but its presence in the market has already triggered a price war and concerns that its model is unsustainable.
It was just over a week ago that the airline announced plans for a May 8 start-up, unveiling fares out of Barbados as low as US$9.99 to Trinidad, Guyana and Jamaica. This prompted an immediate response from rivals LIAT with a US$22 fare to any two destinations and Caribbean Airlines with a US$94 special to Trinidad and US$144 to Kingston.
REDjet’s plan, however, hit a snag after Trinidad’s Minister of Transport and Works Jack Warner admitted last week that he was in the dark about