Regional air carrier Liat yesterday announced a cargo service between Georgetown and all the airline’s destinations.
“Our pricing is flexible. We are not trying to make super profits,” said Liat Cargo director Wilbur Edwards during a media briefing with Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud. He declined to get into specifics on shipping costs and said that these would depend on the destination. The service is about assisting the region and farmers and exporters in particular, and improving trade in the spirit of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, he said. The CARICOM Secretariat is supportive of the initiative, he added.
Liat’s launched its dedicated all-freighter cargo service last February and Edwards said that they have since shipped over three quarter of a million pounds. Getting Guyana on board is