American Airlines (AA) yesterday started daily flights between the JFK International Airport in New York and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the inaugural flight landed at Timehri around 3 am yesterday.
In April this year, AA had announced that it was set to begin direct flights between New York and Timehri in December or earlier.
Ryan Stuart, one of the arriving passengers and a Guyanese residing in the US, praised the new service.
“My father lives in New York so it’s like super convenient, so that’s fantastic. It’s less time to travel, so I think it’s really great and I was also on the first flight so that’s great,” he said, according to DPI.
Omnauth Singh, who is here for the Christmas holiday, noted that despite some delays, he was happy to have landed safely and praised the service.
DPI said that the daily flights are scheduled to leave JFK at 6 pm and arrive at Timehri at 12.40 am the following day. The return flight leaves CJIA at 1.35 am and arrives at JFK at 6.29 am.
