Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has been granted approval to operate two additional repatriation flights between Guyana and Barbados over the next two weeks.
In a notice posted on the domestic airline’s Facebook page, it was announced that the flights are scheduled for September 9 and 16.
The flights are scheduled to depart Guyana from the Eugene F. Correia International Airport at 11.45 am and depart Barbados at 3.00 pm.
According to the Trans Guyana Airways notice, the flights departing Guyana also offer connections to the United Kingdom and Canada via Barbados.
Interested persons are asked to contact the company’s offices on telephone number 222-2525. The airline’s website does not provide any information on the repatriation flights.
Spokesman for the airline, Kit Nascimento, on Thursday told Stabroek News that the flights are not scheduled and are based on approval by the Guyana and Barbados Civil Aviation Authorities.
Nascimento explained that all passengers are required to produce a negative PCR COVID-19 test as a part of the protocols outlined by the aviation authorities.
However, according to Barbadian regulations, citizens and permanent residents may enter without producing the results of a COVID-19 test but will be subjected to a testing upon arrival. They will also be required to go into isolation until the results of their tests are returned.
The Barbados Nation on Thursday reported that a 53-year-old Guyanese woman became the 177th person to be diagnosed with COVID-19 in Barbados.
She arrived on Trans Guyana Airways on September 1, and has been transferred to the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy.
Nascimento maintained that the airline adheres to all COVID-19 protocols and regulations implemented by both countries to ensure all passengers remain safe at all times.
