Click to view full size

Tem­po­rary Tourism Sec­re­tary Zor­isha Hack­ett and the To­ba­go Oc­to­ber Car­ni­val As­so­ci­a­tion (TO­CA) are call­ing for ur­gent ad­di­tion­al air­lift to the is­land as the de­mand for flights in­creas­es due to the Oc­to­ber Car­ni­val.

At a news con­fer­ence held by the Tourism Di­vi­sion yes­ter­day at the Of­fice of the Chief Sec­re­tary in Scar­bor­ough to up­date the pub­lic on Car­ni­val prepa­ra­tions, Hack­ett said the as­so­ci­a­tion has for­mal­ly re­quest­ed Caribbean Air­lines de­ploy three ATR air­craft and jets be­tween Oc­to­ber 15 and No­vem­ber 2.

Car­ni­val fes­tiv­i­ties take place from Oc­to­ber 21 to 28.