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Aviation Minister Rayburn Blackmoore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Civil aviation minister, Rayburn Blackmoore, has said the government of Dominica has issued a license to the Guadeloupe-based Air Antilles Express to provide more air access to and from the French islands.<\/p>\n

Blackmoore told DNO the airline will begin flying into Dominica in June this year.<\/p>\n

“As you know the French Departments lie in close proximity to Dominica but it can be a headache to get direct flights on a regular basis,” he said.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the airline will begin servicing Dominica with a small aircraft “with the possibility of graduating” into bigger planes with onwards services to St. Maarten.<\/p>\n

Air Antilles will join Seaborne Airlines which announced on Tuesday that that effective April 1, 2013, it will be operating non-stop services from Luis Mu\u00f1oz Mar\u00edn Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Melville Airport in Dominica.<\/p>\n

The airline replaces American Eagles which announced recently that it was pulling out of a number of Caribbean destinations in order to cut costs.<\/p>\n

Blackmoore said the government will make sure everything is in place to facilitate the entry of the airline into Dominica. “I want to give the assurance, as minister responsible for civil aviation, that everything will be done to ensure that the appropriate license will be given in time to facilitate the entry of this airline,” Blackmoore told DNO on Wednesday. “And we are of course ensuring that all standards are met in terms of safety.”<\/p>\n

The minister said Seaborne’s decision to come to Dominica demonstrates that the government has been in constructive dialogue with the airline, which he described as an “airline of high repute.”<\/p>\n

“We have been trying everything possible to ensure that we have the appropriate servicing of the very important links into Dominica and out of Dominica,” Blackmoore said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Civil aviation minister, Rayburn Blackmoore, has said the government of Dominica has issued a license to the Guadeloupe-based Air Antilles Express to provide more air access to and from the French islands. 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