CONVIASA Airlines of Venezuela made its inaugural flight to Guyana yesterday and will be commencing a once a week commercial service in December, officials from the airline said at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) just after touchdown.
This initiative was spawned out of the 5th Meeting of the Guyana-Venezuela High Level Bilateral Commission that was held in Guyana on August 30, 2013. At that meeting, it was agreed that CONVIASA will commence two weekly flights by mid-November, 2013 between Guyana and Venezuela with a connection between Puerto Ordaz and Caracas.
The aircraft, which touched down belatedly at 14:20hrs, arrived with Venezuelan journalists, officials from tourism bodies and other persons connected to