Amidst what appears to be a collision course between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago over the new Irish-owned low-cost regional airline, REDjet, the Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration appears to be advocating that a proposal for the Civil Aviation Authority in Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica investigate its safety concerns relating to the airline.
The Barbados-registered airline has already commenced providing a service out of the Grantley Adams airport and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri but efforts by Redjet to extend its service to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have encountered interminable delays, which have given rise to claims of protectionism