Regional carrier REDjet is facing further delays in getting approval to fly to Jamaica.
Two weeks ago, the director general of the Civil Aviation Authority, Colonel Oscar Derby said a decision would have been made by June 4 on REDjet’s application.
However, this afternoon, he told The Jamaica Gleaner that there has been a further delay because the Civil Aviation Authority is still awaiting critical information from the Barbadian authorities.
On May 30, Colonel Derby reported that the board of the Civil Aviation Authority had expected to finalise the REDjet application on May 26.
He said the decision was delayed in light of an announcement that the Jamaica/Caribbean Airlines deal had finally been inked.
Colonel Derby disclosed, before granting a licence to REDjet the Authority wanted to ensure that there is nothing precluding it in the agreement between Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines.
The delay by Jamaica and Trinidad in granting a license to REDjet had led the airline to announce that it was scrapping plans to fly between Kingston and Port of Spain.
REDjet was also forced to push back the start-up of service between Jamaica and Barbados by another two months.
