LIAT airline pilots end walkout, return to work

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The regional airline, LIAT, Friday said that its operations were returning to normal after pilots ended their industrial action.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The regional airline, LIAT, Friday said that its operations were returning to normal after pilots ended their industrial action.

The pilots on Tuesday walked off the job forcing cancellations and delays by the airline that flies to more than 21 destinations on a daily basis.

The pilots, through their bargaining agents, the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) blamed “misguided and ill-informed decisions” taken by the airline’s management for the action, adding also that it was forced to hold an emergency meeting to brief members on the “management’s unfortunate actions and to chart the way forward”.

In a brief statement, Friday, the Antigua-based airline, which is owned by the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, quoted acting Chief Executive Officer Julie Reifer-Jones, as saying that full service has resumed throughout the LIAT network.

“LIAT acknowledges with regret the inconvenience and disruption passengers throughout the region have experienced over the past few days.”

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