Nine Ogle Airport operators form new group

Vice President Gerry Gouveia (fifth from left) and President Annette Arjoon- Martins (sixth from left) of NATA flanked by representatives of the newly formed organisation.

Fed up with years of complaints and challenges and now the possibility that the Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) can seize their assets if they default on payments, nine out of ten operators at the Ogle Airport yesterday formed the National Air Transport Association (NATA).

“What I believe caused a trigger was a document that was presented to the Board of Directors of the airport (OAI) and it went to the board for approval……that document was such a draconian document,”   Vice President of the newly formed NATA, Gerry Gouveia told a press conference yesterday at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Ten companies: Air Services Limited (ASL), Roraima Airways, Hinter-land Aviation, Oxford Aviation, Phoenix Air-ways, Domestic Airways, Jags Aviation, Wings Aviation, Hopkinson Mining Aviation and Trans Guyana Airways operate out of the Ogle Airport. However the