There is a growing segment of the Trinidad and Tobago public clamouring for its home-based regional airline, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), to sever link with Jamaica in the wake of mounting losses.

Some segments of the public blame the loss making routes in and out of Jamaica for the increasing operational deficit being incurred by CAL over the years since it bought Jamaica’s then national carrier, Air Jamaica, in 2010.

 

CAL’s accumulated losses is now estimated at US$454.5 million (over TT$3 billion), while posting a TT$172.7 million ($26 million) loss for the first quarter 2021 added to the operating loss of TT$738 million (USD108.5 million) booked in 2020.

 

In addition, there was a 75 per cent decline in revenue, compared to the same three months in 2020. In 2010, the Government of Jamaica agreed with CAL that it would designate it the exclusive national carrier of Jamaica when it bought Air Jamaica.

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