NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Cat Island will quickly take advantage of direct everyday flights from a Bahamian and a US based airline company, with one regional resort operator the other day mentioning airlift as the top difficulty restraining the island’s tourist sector’s development.
Ricardo Wilson, Western Air’s basic supervisor while attending to the Cat Island Business Outlook conference the other day, “We are proud to one again introduce daily flights to Cat Island effective June 1.” Wilson explained that the service is because of require for extra airlift, with numerous visitors looking for direct access to the island without needing to link through Nassau.
Wilson said that the airline company is looking for stakeholder input on which days would be more suitable for two times everyday service.
According to Wilson, the airline company is wanting to purchase a robust multi-solution fleet to cover different locations. “I think the work is underway now to maybe acquire smaller aircraft in some cases because we want to be able to go back to when we covered most family islands and did it twice daily.”
He continued, “I think at some point within the next five years we will go back to those days. Of course we want to continue to build our international routes. We are servicing Fort Lauderdale from Nassau and it is anticipated that in short order our brand new terminal will be built in Grand Bahama Once that is done there will be flights from Grand Bahama to Fort Lauderdale.”
Sarah Swainson, Director of New Business for the Fort Launderdale-based Makers Air kept in mind that the airline company has actually received approval by Bahamian authorities to provide services in The Bahamas and is currently waiting for the thumbs-up from the United States Department of Transportation.
Carl Rolle, owner of Rollezz Villas Beach Resort mentioned airlift as the primary difficulty restraining the island’s tourist section.
“Airlift is the number one challenge. The proof is in the pudding.People will communicate with me and say I can not get into Cat Island and don’t want to overnight in Nassau.”
