The announcement earlier this week that government is to spend more than $150 million to rehabilitate two key interior airstrips has been described by one of the country’s leading aviators as “a step in the right direction” for the country’s aviation sector.
Asked by this newspaper earlier this week to comment on the disclosure that interior airstrips at Eteringbang in the Cuyuni/ Mazaruni area and Mahdia in the Potaro/Siparuni are set for major rehabilitation, veteran aviator and Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways Gerry Gouveia said that he believed that the move to upgrade the two airstrips “must mark the start of an ongoing effort to create a more aviation-friendly interior. Any country like ours in which development is largely dependent on accessing communities and resources must rely on high-quality aviation infrastructure.