Approval granted for repatriation flights from New York, Miami

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has granted permission to US-based Eastern Airlines to operate six repatriation flights from Miami and New York over the next three weeks.

According to a schedule published in a GCAA notice in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek, the flights will be conducted on August 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26.

The first flight which is scheduled for tomorrow will depart Miami at 8.30 am and arrive here at 12.55 pm. The airline will then depart Guyana at 14.55 pm and arrive in New York at the JFK airport at 20.40 pm. On August 12, Eastern Airlines will leave JFK in New York at 8.30 am and arrive in Guyana at 2.15 pm.