Akash Sama­roo

Four In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tors are back­ing Gov­ern­ment’s con­sid­er­a­tion to in­tro­duce un­sub­sidised flights on the do­mes­tic air­bridge, a move that could see fares for some flights dou­ble.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has con­firmed to Guardian Me­dia that the Min­istry of Trade, In­vest­ment and Tourism is cur­rent­ly con­duct­ing a fea­si­bil­i­ty study that will see the in­tro­duc­tion of at least two un­sub­sidised Caribbean Air­lines (CAL) flights dur­ing peak hours. How­ev­er, she un­der­scored that it is not yet at the Cab­i­net lev­el. Line min­is­ter Satyaka­ma Ma­haraj on Thurs­day said those tick­ets could cost around $1,000.