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A LIAT aircraft at Dominica’s main airport. Photo credit: Lennox Honychurch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister Gaston Browne remains adamant that unless his regional counterparts including Dominica\u2019s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and St Vincent Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonzalves are part of discussions on LIAT, he will not hold any talks about severance for the former employees.<\/p>\n

Since LIAT 1974 ltd grounded flights in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, former workers have not been paid severance. Only St Lucia, which is not a shareholder of LIAT, has paid its workers severance.<\/p>\n

Those employed in Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and Grenada have not yet been paid.<\/p>\n

Browne said Antigua and Barbuda owns 32% of LIAT shares yet unions expected to pay all severance owed–roughly EC $80M.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Browne said it appears Antigua and Barbuda is on its own where the reviving of LIAT is concerned.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are not taking into consideration that the government perused a herculean effort to try and save LIAT…Just Friday we remitted a further USD $1M into LIAT 1974 to fix one of the engines of the plane which has not worked since Covid\u2026so you can see the commitment. It is not just for Antigua and Barbuda, it is about helping regional people to connect,\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said regional governments are of the view that there is sufficient private assets within the region to service the Caribbean and they don\u2019t see the need for any investment into a regional airline.<\/p>\n

Regional leaders are also of the view that setting up a new entity may cause former and current staff of LIAT to bring frivolous litigations against LIAT 2020, according to Browne.<\/p>\n

Owned by a handful of Caribbean shareholder governments, LIAT 1974 Ltd had provided crucial regional connectivity for decades but folded when the COVID pandemic exacerbated its long-standing financial woes.<\/p>\n

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