BA charter flight delayed at CJIA after bringing oil workers

The British Airways charter flight that on Tuesday brought in offshore oil and gas workers was delayed here for several hours because of the failure to pay the necessary Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) tax and was only allowed to leave after ExxonMobil gave an undertaking to pay the outstanding monies.

“Normal course of business. Undertaking must be given for outstanding taxes and the GRA was [owed],” Commissioner General of the GRA, Godfrey Statia told Stabroek News when contacted.

“I was in contact with Exxon about it since it was Exxon who was paying for the charter so they needed to have paid the tax,” he added.