Government’s announcement in the 2016 budget presentation that it intends to make a multi-billion-dollar investment in shoring up the country’s aviation infrastructure has elicited an enthusiastic but measured response from the owner of one of the country’s high-profile aviation entities.
Roraima Airways Chief Executive Officer Gerry Gouveia has told the Stabroek Business that while the disclosures in last Friday’s budget presentation are likely to meet with the approval of operators in the aviation sector there will be concern that the administration act with due haste to put the measures promised in the budget in place.
“Obviously, what was disclosed in the budget presentation reflects a recognition of what is now the critical importance of properly connecting the coast to the hinterland. It remains for us to get it done efficiently and in the