-awaiting final certification
A new airline, Golden Arrow Airways, hopes to commence operations in Guyana within the next two weeks after passing the demonstration phase of its certification process yesterday.
The airline, which is based at the Ogle International Airport, was set up at the cost of around US$1 million ($200 million), Giovanni Charles, who along with Nirvana Mahase owns the new company, told Stabroek News yesterday. Neither Charles nor Mahase has a history in aviation, but decided to get into the business because of the prospects.
It is for this reason that they have retained the services of Captain Learie Barclay, a pilot for the last 14 years, as their operations manager.
Barclay said yesterday that reaching the demonstration phase is the culmination of more than one year of planning